The Board granted service connection for cold injury residuals affecting the right and left upper extremities, as well as the right and left lower extremities. The reduction of the Veteran's disability rating for left ear hearing loss was found to be improper, and a 10 percent rating is restored effective June 13, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's cold injury residuals are related to in-service cold exposure and injuries. The reduction of the left ear hearing loss rating lacked sufficient evidence of actual improvement in the ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity cold injury residuals, right lower extremity cold injury residuals, left upper extremity cold injury residuals, right upper extremity cold injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25031780
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,890 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left upper extremity, right upper extremity, left lower extremity, and right lower extremity cold injury residuals due to a lack of current diagnoses or evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the claims for service connection of cold injury residuals and shin disorders due to new and material evidence. The claims are remanded for further development, including VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for right ear hearing loss, right upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, cold injury residuals in both upper and lower extremities, and muscle atrophy in both upper and lower extremities due to incomplete development of evidence.,Additional medical opinions are needed to address the nature and etiology of these conditions.
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