The veteran has withdrawn his appeals for service connection of a skin disorder and prostate disorder.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested the withdrawal of his appeals on these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder, prostate disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0312368
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 claims for service connection for urinary frequency and a prostate disorder due to inadequate medical evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and inadequate medical opinions.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and a skin disorder due to an improper concurrent election. The effective dates for the lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathies, and TDIU were denied as they did not meet the criteria for earlier effective dates.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability but dismissed the appeals for service connection for a skin disorder and bilateral hearing loss.
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