The Board found no residuals of cold injury of the upper or lower extremities during service and denied the Veteran's claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: No residual of cold injury of either upper or lower extremity has been present during the pendency of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury of the upper extremities, residuals of cold injury of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1113135
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support a finding of residuals of cold injury of the lower extremities, and thus service connection for this condition cannot be granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence and the need for a VA examination regarding the Veteran's claim of service connection for residuals of cold injury of the upper extremities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including Hepatitis C and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, have resulted in a need for regular aid and attendance. However, he does not meet the criteria for housebound status due to his ability to ambulate with assistive devices.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board found that there is no evidence to support a finding of cold injury residuals in the Veteran's upper or lower extremities, and thus denied service connection for these conditions.
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