The Board has granted the appellant's claim of service connection for cold weather injury of the feet. The right elbow condition is currently rated as noncompensable, and the issue of entitlement to an increased rating remains pending.
The deciding factor: Service records show that the veteran served in the European Theater during a period when exposure to extreme cold was likely, consistent with his reported history of cold weather injuries. His current foot disability has been linked to service through medical evidence and his statements regarding past exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- Cold weather injury of the feet, Shell fragment wound of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0631551
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