The Board found that the veteran's current cold sensitivity and numbness in his hands and feet are not related to frostbite injuries sustained during service, as there is no evidence of such injuries or manifestations thereof. The Board denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no objective evidence of frostbite injuries in service, and the lapse of many years between service separation and first complaints of cold sensitivity and numbness made it difficult to establish a nexus with service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frostbite to both hands, residuals of frostbite to both feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0705849
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