The Board has determined that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's residuals of cold injuries to the lower extremities were incurred in active service, and thus grants service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided by a private physician established a link between the Veteran's current condition and his exposure to cold injury during service, which is considered direct service connection as there was no presumption or secondary service connection involved.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injuries to the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1449246
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What this means for you
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