The Veteran seeks service connection for Raynaud's syndrome. The Board has determined that additional medical records are needed and an addendum opinion is required to clarify the Veteran's diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide a clarification of the Veteran's current diagnosis and determine if it is at least as likely as not that the disability had its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Raynaud's syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1007907
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a heart disability, Raynaud's syndrome, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for migraine headaches prior to December 5, 2016, and a 50 percent rating from May 31, 2024. The claims for increased ratings for Raynaud's syndrome and seborrheic dermatitis were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted a compensable rating of 10 percent for Raynaud's syndrome based on characteristic attacks associated with trophic changes.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tremors, left and right arm disabilities, Raynaud's syndrome, a left shoulder disability, a right shoulder disability, a left wrist disability, a right wrist disability, and sleep apnea. The Board also remanded several claims for further development.
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