The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claims of service connection for cold injury residuals of the feet and hands, as there is no evidence showing an in-service cold injury.
The deciding factor: The August 1985 rating decision denying service connection was final because it was based on a lack of evidence of an in-service cold injury. The Veteran did not submit new and material evidence to reopen these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Cold injury residuals of the feet, Cold injury residuals of the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0945766
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