The veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the claims of service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, cold injury residuals of the left and right feet, and temporomandibular joint syndrome. The issues are therefore dismissed.
The deciding factor: The veteran withdrew his appeals for these specific disability claims in October 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- residual disability initially manifested by a positive reaction to a tuberculin test, disability of the right upper thigh, left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, cold injury residuals of the left foot (formerly rated as residuals of frozen feet), cold injury residuals of the right foot (formerly rated as residuals of frozen feet), bilateral temporomandibular joint syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0014753
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including bilateral hearing loss and various musculoskeletal issues, as well as an initial rating in excess of 0 percent for rhinitis. However, the Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to the AOJ for further development and consideration of evidence not previously considered.
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