The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cold weather injuries of the bilateral lower extremities, including circulation problems and numbness of the feet. The evidence did not support a finding that these symptoms were related to in-service cold weather injuries.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran’s current lower extremity symptomatology was most likely attributable to nonservice-connected vascular disease and diabetic neuropathy, which appeared to have begun in the 1990s.
- Claimed conditions
- cold weather injuries of the bilateral lower extremities, circulation problems, numbness of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20020589
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