The Board has dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates of service connection for residuals of right foot and left foot cold injuries due to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, making it moot.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right foot cold injury, residuals of left foot cold injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20047015
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities from July 19, 2013 through January 20, 2014 rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of bilateral hand and foot cold injuries, also claimed as frostbite, finding no evidence of such injuries during active service.
- Denied
The Veteran's mild frostbite in his right foot during service resolved and there are no current residuals. The Board denied the claim for service connection as he does not have a current disability.
- Granted
Service connection was granted for residuals of a left thumb fracture, but no service connection was established for residuals of a left foot cold injury. The Veteran's MDD is rated at 10 percent effective July 25, 2012 and 100 percent effective April 25, 2013.
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