The Veteran's claims for service connection for cold injury residuals of the feet and hip arthritis have been denied. The Board is awaiting additional development to address his claim for hip arthritis.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran has current cold injury residuals or hip arthritis related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals of the feet, hip arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0913785
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current cold injury residuals of the hands and feet, diagnosed as secondary Raynaud’s syndrome, are as likely as not attributable to an in-service occurrence. Therefore, service connection is granted for both conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to missing service records, and a need for further examination to determine if the Veteran's current foot condition is related to his service.
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