The Board denied service connection for cold injury residuals of the bilateral hands and a peripheral nerve disability of the right upper extremity, finding that there is no evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals of the bilateral hands, peripheral nerve disability of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23000905
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 964 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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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).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
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