The Veteran withdrew all appeals related to his cold injury residuals, including the reduction of his rating from 30% to 20%. The Board dismissed the appeal as a result.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw all appeals pertaining to claims for cold injury residuals in March 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- Cold injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2023
- Citation
- 23011633
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted separate, 10 percent ratings for the Veteran's cold injury residuals of both feet. The appeal is denied as there is no evidence of tissue loss, nail abnormalities, color changes, locally impaired sensation, hyperhidrosis, or X-ray abnormalities (osteoporosis, subarticular punched out lesions, or osteoarthritis).
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability, headache disorder, and cold injury residuals are all found to be related to his service. The Veteran is granted service connection for these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's PTSD contributed to his death. The appellant contends that frequent startle responses from her husband's service-connected hearing loss and PTSD exacerbated by remodeling work at their home likely contributed to his death.
- Denied
The Board denied initial compensable ratings for cold injury residuals of the right and left feet, finding that hyperhidrosis alone is insufficient to warrant a compensable rating.
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