The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for cold weather injuries of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, including Raynaud’s phenomenon, due to a lack of a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Raynaud’s phenomenon, cold weather injuries of the bilateral upper extremities, cold weather injuries of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19116558
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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 Veteran's initial compensable rating for Raynaud’s phenomenon and her initial rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with insomnia (claimed as insomnia) have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show symptoms more nearly approximating those associated with higher ratings.
- Denied
The Board denied the severance of service connection for Raynaud's phenomenon and granted restoration of service connection for left ankle injury, finding clear and unmistakable evidence that both conditions occurred during periods of service not considered honorable.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to cold weather injuries of the bilateral lower extremities, including circulation problems and numbness of the feet. The effective dates for the grants of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus remain at April 4, 2012.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's germ cell cancer in remission is granted. The claims for sensory neuropathy, hypercholesterolemia, high blood pressure, hearing loss, tinnitus and Raynaud’s phenomenon are remanded due to lack of current diagnoses. The claim for PTSD is also remanded.
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