The Veteran's service connection claims for cold weather injury residuals of the lower extremities and diabetes mellitus, type II have been granted. The Board found that the Veteran was exposed to cold weather during his military service, which is consistent with the current disabilities.

The Board has denied service connection for various conditions, including right and left shoulder disabilities, elbow/arm disability, wrist disabilities, knee disabilities with shin splints, low back disability, neuropathy of the lower extremities, cold weather injury residuals, sleep apnea, TBI, and vertigo. The appeals are based on a direct relationship to service without any presumption or secondary connection.

The Board has granted service connection for cold weather injury residuals of the left and right lower extremities, including degenerative arthritis, osteoporosis, and neuropathy status post frostbite. The decision is based on continuous symptoms since service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for cold weather injury residuals of the left and right lower extremities, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability etiologically related to in-service exposure. The claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is also denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.