The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's claimed residuals of cold injury to both hands, finding that there is an equipoise of evidence regarding the existence of Raynaud's phenomenon and exposure to extreme cold temperatures during military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is in equipoise as to whether the veteran's symptoms are due to Raynaud's disease or arthritis, with the Board granting service connection based on exposure to extreme cold temperatures during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury, right hand, residuals of cold injury, left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0636258
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