The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for higher disability ratings and an earlier effective date for service connection of cold injury with reflex sympathetic dystrophy, right and left feet.
The deciding factor: The claim was reopened on new evidence received after a prior denial in 1993, leading to the assignment of an effective date prior to April 13, 1998.
- Claimed conditions
- Cold Injury with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1204225
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