The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed disabilities, including residuals of cold injuries and arthritis, are not related to service. The claims for service connection have been denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the current disabilities to service or a cold injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injuries of the upper and lower extremities, arthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637401
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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