The veteran's appeal to grant an effective date earlier than March 12, 1998 for the assignment of a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities has been withdrawn. As such, the Board does not have jurisdiction to consider this claim.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew his appeal regarding the issue in question.
- Claimed conditions
- Individual Unemployability (TDIU)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0604542
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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