The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a cold injury to both lower extremities are currently rated at 30 percent each, and thus denied his claims for increased evaluations.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the combined effect of his service-connected disabilities on his employability.

The RO granted service connection for residuals of cold injury of both feet and assigned a 20 percent evaluation effective from June 10, 1996. The veteran's disability was re-characterized as residuals of cold injury of the right lower extremity and left lower extremity with separate 30 percent evaluations effective from January 12, 1998.,The RO denied service connection for residuals of cold injury of both feet in May 1995. The veteran submitted a petition to reopen his claim on June 10, 1996 and the RO granted service connection with a 20 percent evaluation effective from June 10, 1996.,The criteria for a disability evaluation in excess of 30 percent since January 12, 1998 were not met for residuals of cold injury of both feet. The veteran's symptoms included pain and distal peripheral neuropathy with mild swelling, tenderness, or redness.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.