The veteran's appeal for increased evaluations for his foot callosities and right hand disability was dismissed as the veteran withdrew his appeal after expressing satisfaction with the current ratings.
The deciding factor: The veteran expressed satisfaction with the assigned ratings and withdrew his appeal, thus meeting the criteria for withdrawal of an appeal under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot callosities, residuals of shell fragment wound to right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0328493
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for the veteran's service-connected bilateral foot callosities, finding that no higher rating was available under another applicable DC and that extraschedular evaluation was not warranted due to lack of evidence of frequent hospitalization or interference with employment resulting from the veteran's bilateral foot callosities.
- 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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