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 Board found that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed cold weather injury residuals.
- 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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19116558
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for Raynaud’s phenomenon and adjustment disorder with insomnia are being remanded due to the need for additional development of his VA treatment records.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cold weather injuries of the bilateral lower extremities, including circulation problems and numbness of the feet. The evidence did not support a finding that these symptoms were related to in-service cold weather injuries.
- Whole decision: 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.
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