The appellant has withdrawn her claims for a higher disability rating for dysthymic disorder and service connection for bulimia nervosa. Her claim of entitlement to service connection for a dental disorder is well-grounded.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew her appeals regarding the disability rating for dysthymic disorder and service connection for bulimia nervosa, leaving only her dental disorder claim as pending.
- Claimed conditions
- Dysthymic Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0009003
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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