The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's Raynaud's disease is related to her service or her service-connected cervical spine condition. The case will be returned for further examination and consideration.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot make a fully-informed decision on the issue without a medical opinion addressing the relevant facts and medical science.
- Claimed conditions
- Raynaud's disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106630
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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for costochondritis, bronchial asthma, loss of teeth, and Raynaud's disease due to a procedural defect in the Notice of Disagreement.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a failure by the VA contractor to provide an examination at a time when the Veteran could attend.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left wrist, right elbow, and left elbow disabilities, as well as an initial compensable rating for left knee osteoarthritis and Raynaud's disease.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Raynaud's disease as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the condition and the Veteran's military service.
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