Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied increased ratings for cold weather injuries of the hands, finding no evidence to support higher ratings or service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's conditions did not meet the criteria for a higher rating or service connection due to lack of evidence supporting such claims.
- Claimed conditions
- cold weather injury left hand, cold weather injury right hand, bilateral elbow disability, bilateral knee disability, cervical spine disability, to include degenerative disc disease, bilateral shoulder disability, to include degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011211
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