The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of a separate 30 percent disability rating for cold injury residuals of the right lower extremity is denied.,The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of a separate 30 percent disability rating for cold injury residuals of the left lower extremity is denied.,The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied.
The deciding factor: The criteria for an earlier effective date have not been met as there was no communication prior to December 10, 2003 that could be construed as an informal claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Cold injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0637257
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What this means for you
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