The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection for bilateral cold injury residuals of the lower extremities should have an effective date of June 15, 2005.
The deciding factor: Correspondence received on February 9, 2004 may be accepted as a claim of service connection for bilateral cold injury residuals of the lower extremities; there is no earlier claim. The Veteran's history and medical evidence supported his contention that he experienced symptoms related to cold exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral cold injury residuals of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0912730
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