The Board denied the severance of service connection for Raynaud's phenomenon and granted restoration of service connection for left ankle injury, finding clear and unmistakable evidence that both conditions occurred during periods of service not considered honorable.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have Raynaud’s phenomenon or left ankle injury during his initial period of honorable service. The condition was first diagnosed during his second period of service, which had a dishonorable discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Raynaud’s phenomenon, left ankle injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19184987
What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Denied
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