The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of cold injury to the hands as new and material evidence was not submitted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not provide a competent diagnosis of residuals of cold injury, which is necessary to substantiate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to the hands
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0904264
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient consideration of certain medical records and a need for additional examination.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board previously denied service connection for residuals of a cold injury to the hands. The case is being remanded due to inadequate examination and failure to comply with previous remand instructions.
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