The Board has granted service connection for bilateral foot frostbite residuals and related nerve disabilities, but denied service connection for a claimed right arm disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current diagnoses of bilateral foot cold injury residuals were incurred in service due to exposure to cold weather during active duty. The nerve disabilities are also considered secondary to the now-service-connected frostbite disabilities. However, there is no evidence of a currently diagnosed right arm disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot frostbite residuals, left foot frostbite residuals, right lower extremity peripheral nerve disability, left lower extremity peripheral nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22065440
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