The Board has remanded the claims for service connection of cold injury to bilateral hands and feet due to conflicting medical evidence. The Veteran's claim is being reopened, but further examination and opinion are needed.
The deciding factor: There is conflicting medical evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's claimed in-service frostbite and his current conditions, necessitating a new VA examination and medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury of bilateral hands, cold injury of bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2021
- Citation
- 21014815
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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
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