The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation of his service-connected cold injuries of the bilateral feet, including consideration of recent VA treatment records and additional medical examination.
The deciding factor: The July 2006 rating decision was based on an inadequate VA examination that did not consider relevant x-rays or post-service foot injuries. The Veteran needs a new VA examination to assess current disability levels and determine if the cold injuries are causing marked interference with employment.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury of the right foot, cold injury of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2012
- Citation
- 1208952
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for cold injury residuals of both feet, as the criteria were not met.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased evaluations of cold injury of the right and left feet as the appellant died during the appeal process.
- Granted
The Veteran's cold injury of the left foot was granted a rating of 30 percent effective March 21, 2018.,The Veteran's TDIU claim was also granted.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, alone, do not meet the criteria for a TDIU as they are insufficient to produce unemployability without regard to advancing age. The medical evidence does not support that the Veteran is unable to obtain substantially gainful employment solely due to his service-connected disabilities.
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