The Board found that the Veteran's current symptoms, including numbness, tingling, and pain, are not related to his in-service frostbite injury. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for residuals of a frostbite injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that it was less likely than not that the Veteran's current symptoms were caused by or related to the in-service frostbite injury, citing the lack of documented symptoms spanning almost 30 years since the injury and his history as a smoker.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frostbite injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1429646
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