The veteran's residuals of cold injury to both feet are manifested by complaints of chronic pain and cold sensitivity, with nailbed deformity and loss of protective threshold. The Board has granted increased ratings of 30 percent for each foot.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms (chronic pain, cold sensitivity, onychomycosis, nailbed deformity, and loss of protective threshold) meet the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 7122.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to the right foot, residuals of cold injury to the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0639536
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