The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnosis of cold injury residuals is related to his in-service exposure to cold weather conditions without proper protection, and service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a current diagnosis of cold injury residuals and the Veteran spent over six hours being exposed to cold weather conditions during an evacuation drill while stationed in Korea. Two private physicians have linked the in-service cold exposure with currently diagnosed cold injury residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals, frostbite
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1618401
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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