The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a cold weather injury. The Veteran's scar of the right knee is currently rated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the service connection claim, and the current rating for the scar does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a cold weather injury (frostbite), Scar of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2016
- Citation
- 1627017
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected disabilities as he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient compliance with directives and additional examination is needed.
- Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of December 3, 2001 for the grant of service connection for a scar of the right knee and has awarded a 10 percent disability rating since that date.
- Partly granted
The veteran's right knee disability was rated at 10 percent for instability and arthritis with limitation of motion prior to December 19, 2006. From February 1, 2007, a single 10 percent rating is assigned based on arthritis with limitation of motion.
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