The Board has determined that the veteran's current lower extremity disabilities are not related to his service, specifically inservice frostbite. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for residuals of cold injury of the lower extremities.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current lower extremity disabilities to his inservice frostbite or active service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2007
- Citation
- 0733047
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