Service connection is granted for arthritis, right knee. Service connection for skin disorder (to include as residuals of a cold weather injury) is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current symptoms and diagnoses are consistent with his in-service exposure to extremely cold temperatures during service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis, right knee, skin disorder (vitiligo)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21068942
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