The appeal seeking revision of the June 2007 RO decision denying service connection for cold injury residuals of each extremity is dismissed.,The issue of entitlement to a disability rating in excess 30 percent for PTSD is remanded.,The petition to reopen claims of entitlement to service connection for cold injury residuals of each upper and lower extremity are remanded.,The petitions to revise prior denials on the basis of CUE regarding cold injury residuals of each extremity are dismissed by the Board at this time.,A statement of the case is required for the issues of reopening claims of entitlement to service connection for cold injury residuals of each upper and lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The determinations in the June 2007 RO rating decision regarding service connection for cold injury residuals were subsumed by the November 2012 Board decision.,The PTSD rating issue was remanded due to an inadequate medical examination report based on DSM-IV criteria, and a new examination is required using DSM-5 criteria.,The petitions to reopen claims of entitlement to service connection for cold injury residuals were not addressed in the February 2018 RO decision as they are separate from the CUE allegations.,CUE allegations adjudicated by the RO must be dismissed by the Board at this time.,A statement of the case is required for reopening claims of entitlement to service connection for cold injury residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- Cold injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19127737
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.
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