The Veteran's foot cold injury residuals are as likely as not incurred in service and the Board grants entitlement to service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise, with a private medical opinion linking the current disability to her in-service injury and a VA examiner's opinion stating it was less likely than not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1411282
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current cold injury residuals of the hands and feet, diagnosed as secondary Raynaud’s syndrome, are as likely as not attributable to an in-service occurrence. Therefore, service connection is granted for both conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to missing service records, and a need for further examination to determine if the Veteran's current foot condition is related to his service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of hypertension and epididymitis, as well as his claim to reopen the tuberculosis service connection issue, have been dismissed due to withdrawal requests from the Veteran.,The Veteran's appeal regarding cold injury residuals of the feet was also dismissed. The Board found that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen this previously denied claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that there is equipoise of evidence regarding whether the Veteran's cold injury residuals of the feet are related to her military service. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.
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