The Board denied service connection for cold injury residuals to the hands, ears, cheeks, temples and nose as there is no current disability related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability related to service for these claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals to hands, ears, cheeks, temples, nose
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2020
- Citation
- A20018448
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board finds that the veteran does not have additional unforeseen residual disability to the teeth, ears, and sinuses as a result of VA surgery in January 1975.
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