The Board has granted service connection for cold injury residuals to multiple body parts, including the feet, hands, ears, and face. Service connection was also granted for neuropathy of the legs. However, the claim for peripheral neuropathy in the upper extremities is remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence of a link between service and the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injuries to the right foot, cold injuries to the left foot, cold injuries to the left hand, cold injuries to the right ear, cold injuries to the left ear, cold injuries to the nose and right side of his face (face), cold injury residuals to the right leg, diagnosed as neuropathy of the right lower extremity, cold injury residuals to the left leg, diagnosed as neuropathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22028961
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