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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19145693
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,762 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Denied
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