The Veteran's claims for residuals of cold injury of the left and right feet were granted effective from September 22, 2011. The Board has remanded the issues regarding earlier effective dates.
The deciding factor: The claims were previously denied as there was no claim filed before September 22, 2011 for residuals of cold injury of the left and right feet.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury of the left foot, residuals of cold injury of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21020814
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's residuals of cold injury to both feet, effective from August 27, 2015. The decision is based on the Veteran's symptoms including arthralgia or other pain, cold sensitivity, nail abnormalities, and locally impaired sensation.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for residuals of cold injury of the left foot. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a left foot disorder, other than cold injury residuals, will be the subject of a separate decision docketed at the Board.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cold injury of the bilateral feet and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. As such, he is granted total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee and foot disabilities, as well as her right thumb disability, are being remanded for additional examinations to assess the current severity of these conditions. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) has also been raised by the record.
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