The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for cold injury residuals of the bilateral feet is denied as there is no evidence to support his contention.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence showing a cold injury during service or any current disability related to such an injury.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals of the bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0618301
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,555 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0618301.
What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of cold injury residuals of the bilateral feet due to new evidence, but has denied the claim as there is no probative evidence linking current symptoms to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on this finding.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's cold injury residuals of the bilateral feet have been granted service connection.,From October 1, 2013 to June 4, 2019, the Veteran's postoperative right knee disability was rated at 40 percent. After this period, a separate rating for instability and a TDIU were also granted.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for reopening service connection claims for back pain and cold injury residuals of the bilateral feet due to the Veteran's death.
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