The Board found no evidence of a cold injury to the right foot during service and denied the claim for residuals of a cold injury, right foot.
The deciding factor: There is no objective medical evidence of any complaints, treatment, or diagnosis of residuals of a right foot cold injury during service or immediately thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cold injury, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1613429
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a cold injury to the right foot is being remanded due to incomplete records and further development is needed.
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