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
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.
- Granted
The Veteran's hearing loss, left ear is granted service connection. The earlier effective date for lumbar spine disability claim is denied. A rating of 40 percent for Raynaud’s disease is granted.
- 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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Raynaud’s disease and denied service connection for discoid lupus and alopecia. The Veteran's Raynaud’s disease is considered to have been incurred in service, while her discoid lupus and alopecia are not shown to be related to service or any service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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