The Board has dismissed the veteran's appeal for an increased rating for her service-connected left foot calcaneal bursitis as she withdrew her appeal in December 1998.
The deciding factor: The veteran withdrew her appeal for a higher rating for left foot calcaneal bursitis in December 1998, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot calcaneal bursitis, postoperative excision of calcaneal exostosis of the right foot with residual scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0020138
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Granted
The Veteran's left great toe osteoarthritis, plantar fasciitis, and calcaneal bursitis are service-connected. A 10 percent rating is granted for the entire appeal period.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left foot disability (other than residuals of left foot bunionectomy and osteotomy and left big toe gout) on a direct basis, finding that there is sufficient evidence to support a link between his in-service symptoms and current condition.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew her appeal for a higher rating for postoperative excision of calcaneal exostosis of the right foot with residual scar.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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