The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of the appeal prior to its resolution.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0307978
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 999 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for depression and anxiety, as well as his reopened claim for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with bronchitis were all granted. His claim for ulcers was not addressed in the decision.
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