The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of urticaria or any cold injury residuals, and thus denied service connection for residuals of cold exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's conclusions were consistent with the evidence of record, including post-service treatment records failing to reflect any current findings of urticaria, cold urticaria, or other cold injury residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- urticaria, cold urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1021628
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What this means for you
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