The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current residuals of cold injury to the feet, and his claims for service connection of infectious mononucleosis and a left index finger injury were denied due to lack of evidence showing these conditions at the time of the April 1956 rating decision. The new and material evidence received since then has not raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current foot problems are attributed to diabetes, which is not service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to the feet, residuals of infectious mononucleosis, left index finger injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1032539
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