The Board has determined that the severance of compensation for cold injury residuals to both upper extremities was improper due to an incorrect application of law, and thus compensation must be restored.
The deciding factor: The June 2013 decision based on CUE in the March 2010 rating decision was based on an incorrect application of the law regarding participation in a VA-authorized CWT program.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to the left upper extremity, residuals of cold injury to the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1817595
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