The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals on all issues due to his withdrawal of the appeal for service connection for Peyronie's disease and a skin disorder (melanoma and rosacea of the face and chest), including due to exposure to Agent Orange. The veteran was granted service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The veteran withdrew his appeals, effectively ending consideration of these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Peyronie's disease, melanoma and rosacea of the face and chest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0416197
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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