The Board found that the Veteran's residuals of a cold injury did not have its onset in service and is not otherwise related to service. The Veteran's polyneuropathic peripheral neuropathy was also not shown to be related to service.,The Board determined that there was no evidence showing that the Veteran's polyneuropathic peripheral neuropathy had its onset during service or within one year of discharge, and thus denied service connection for this condition. The Veteran's cold injury residuals were also found not to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cold injury, polyneuropathic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2017
- Citation
- 1749166
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