The Board dismissed the veteran's claim as it involves a medical determination that is beyond its jurisdiction.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the issue of whether there was clinical medical necessity for the requested prosthetic covering was not within its jurisdiction due to being a medical determination.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the left leg below the knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2001
- Citation
- 0120848
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete development and need for additional VA opinions. The claims are related to amputation of the left leg below the knee, coronary artery disease with peripheral vascular disease, histoplasmosis in both eyes, and scarring of the lungs.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral leg amputations, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for amputations of his legs are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records and provide a VA examination.
- Granted
The veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a left leg below the knee amputation was reopened due to new and material evidence submitted since June 1997.
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