The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection on all issues due to inadequate substantive appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not provide specific allegations of error or identify benefits sought in his Substantive Appeal, making it inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- alcohol dependence with personality disorder, defective hearing, tinnitus, genital (testicles) condition, bilateral knee disability, respiratory condition as due to undiagnosed illness, defective vision as due to undiagnosed illness, skin disorder as due to undiagnosed illness, chronic fatigue as due to undiagnosed illness, joint pain involving the knees, shins, and hips as due to undiagnosed illness, diarrhea and nausea as due to undiagnosed illness, migraine headaches as due to undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2000
- Citation
- 0014511
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including scheduling an additional VA examination.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
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