The Veteran's Raynaud’s disease is remanded due to increased severity of symptoms, including daily attacks and digital ulcers. A new VA examination is needed to assess the current severity.
The deciding factor: Increased severity of symptoms reported by the Veteran during her hearing necessitates a new VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Raynaud’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19145693
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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 claims for service connection for Raynaud’s disease, scleroderma and CREST syndrome were denied as there was no evidence linking the current conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to environmental exposure, including TCE exposure. The claims are being returned for further development and an addendum VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran’s conditions are related to his in-service exposure.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's Raynaud’s disease, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by her service-connected systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, thus his claim for TDIU is denied.
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