The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected cold injury disabilities render him unemployable, as they result in a combined evaluation of 90 percent.
The deciding factor: Dr. Dickinson opined that the Veteran's cold injury disabilities prevented him from doing any meaningful work and made him not physically capable of maintaining or sustaining gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury, right upper extremity, cold injury, left upper extremity, cold injury, right lower extremity, cold injury, left lower extremity, cold injury, right ear, cold injury, left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0925343
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected cold injury of his left and right lower extremities, finding that the evidence does not support a rating more than 20 percent.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
Your claims of entitlement to service connection for cold injuries of the left ear, left foot, left hand, nose, and right ear have been granted in full. These issues are now closed as your claims were fully satisfied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of various disabilities, including fatigue, back, right shoulder, cold injury, thyroid, and kidney conditions. The Veteran's service connection claims are not granted as there is no persuasive medical evidence of current disability or causation.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cold injuries to his extremities and hearing loss, prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
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