The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and failure to comply with prior directives. The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a cold injury is being reviewed again.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection, but rather about obtaining missing records and ensuring compliance with previous instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cold injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19144320
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 fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), residuals of a cold injury, and a respiratory disability to include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to insufficient evidence supporting the diagnoses or linking them to the Veteran's military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to March 31, 2003 for residuals of a cold injury in all four extremities were denied. The decision is based on the fact that the Veteran did not file a notice of disagreement or submit new and material evidence with regard to the effective date assigned within one year of the April 2004 rating decision.,The denial was upheld because there was no clear and unmistakable error in the April 2004 rating decision, which granted service connection for residuals of a cold injury with a March 31, 2003 effective date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran, which suggests that his current Raynaud’s disease and neuropathy of the bilateral foot may be related to a cold injury he experienced in service. The Board requests an addendum opinion from a medical professional to determine if it is at least as likely as not that these conditions had their onset in service or are otherwise etiologically related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a cold injury, onychomycosis, hypertension/heart disease, anxiety disorder, and headaches as there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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