The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The Board found that the right hand condition, to include residuals of a right fourth finger fracture, did not have its onset during a period of honorable service and is not causally related to such service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was denied because there was no evidence suggesting that the current findings had their onset during the Veteran's period of honorable service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cold injury to the bilateral hands, residuals of a cold injury to the bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2011
- Citation
- 1143814
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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 Veteran's claim for service connection for a left elbow condition is denied.,The effective date of the award of service connection for bilateral knee DJD is set at February 17, 2011.,The Veteran's claims for higher disability evaluations for right and left knee DJD are denied.,The Veteran is granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from November 3, 2011.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the claim and granted service connection for residuals of a cold injury to the bilateral feet, finding that new evidence supports the reopening of the claim and establishing service connection based on continuity of symptoms since service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a cold injury to the feet must be denied as there is no evidence of treatment or diagnosis related to such injuries during active duty. The current peripheral neuropathy diagnosed in his feet may be associated with in-service frostbite, but this cannot be conclusively established without additional medical evidence.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for scheduling a Videoconference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge (VLJ) at the earliest possible convenience.
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