The Board denied service connection for cold injury residuals to the ear lobes, upper and lower extremities due to the Veteran's failure to report for a scheduled VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to attend a required VA examination without good cause.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals to the ear lobes, upper extremities, lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20042662
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