The Board found that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for residuals of frostbite of the hands, but ultimately denied service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current hand conditions to cold weather exposure in service or any other incident of service. The evidence does not establish a link between the current symptoms and the in-service event.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frostbite to the hands
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0809693
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Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for residuals of frostbite to the hands.
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The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support the Veteran's claim of residuals of frostbite to the hands, and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.
- Dismissed
Your appeals for service connection for a right hand disorder other than carpal tunnel syndrome and for residuals of frostbite to the hands have been dismissed because they are part of legacy appeal system matters. The legacy appeals will continue to be processed as per the Board's July 2019 remand.
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