The Veteran's claim for service connection for cold weather injury to his bilateral upper extremities was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or in-service event that would support the claim.
The deciding factor: There is no diagnosis of any cold injury or related condition found in the record, and without a diagnosis, there can be no disability or service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- cold weather injury, bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1019284
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of cold weather injury or related symptoms, and thus cannot establish service connection for these conditions.
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