The Board denied service connection for Raynaud's Syndrome as it was not established that the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, or complications thereof, caused or aggravated his Raynaud's Syndrome.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence of record does not establish that the veteran's service connected diabetes mellitus, or complications thereof, caused or aggravated his Raynaud's Syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Raynaud's Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0809718
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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