The Veteran was granted service connection for frostbite of the feet and a 10 percent disability rating for a service-connected scar, right great toe, effective March 20, 2008.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported a direct link between the Veteran's in-service cold weather exposure and his current foot condition, as well as tenderness and pain in the right great toe prior to March 20, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frozen feet, scar, right great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0909091
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,547 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
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