The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeals for various conditions and claims.
The deciding factor: The veteran explicitly withdrew his appeals in a letter received by VA on November 9, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound residuals, venous insufficiency of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0011510
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable disability rating or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and gunshot wound residuals due to incomplete or missing service records, requiring a VA examination to determine their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded two cases for further evaluation due to insufficient evidence in the initial rating decision. The Veteran is seeking service connection for venous insufficiency of his right and left lower extremities, which he asserts are related to military service or secondary to his already service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for venous insufficiency of the right lower extremity was reopened, and from March 27, 2018, he is granted a rating of 30 percent for peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity. His claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, heart disability, and venous insufficiency were denied, as well as his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
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