The Board denied service connection for frostbite of the feet, finding no evidence to support a diagnosis of cold injury during service and concluding that current foot problems are not related to military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical documentation or clinical findings to diagnose cold injury. The veteran's history of in-service cold exposure is not supported by documentation and the claims file does not reveal any prior medical documentation of cold injury to the feet.
- Claimed conditions
- frostbite of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0639448
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