The Board has found that a timely substantive appeal was filed from the October 1998 rating decision which denied service connection for a forearm and right elbow condition, jungle rot of the feet, and frostbite of the hands and feet. The veteran's claim for an increased rating for malaria is also remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The veteran timely filed a substantive appeal from the October 1998 decision which denied service connection for his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- forearm and right elbow condition, jungle rot of the feet, frostbite of the hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0618822
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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