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 cold injury to the feet. The decision is mixed as it relates to reopening the claim but does not address the merits of the underlying claim.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted, but it did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to the feet
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19195878
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What this means for you
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