The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have residuals of frostbite of his bilateral hands and feet, as there is no evidence to support this claim. The Veteran's symptoms are attributed to flu-like symptoms he experienced during service in Germany.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no documentation of cold injury exposure or frostbite in the Veteran's file and opined that the Veteran's current condition was not related to his service due to a diagnosis of flu-like symptoms at the time of the incident.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of frostbite of the bilateral hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1741065
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