The veteran withdrew his appeal seeking service connection for diabetes mellitus (type II) due to herbicide exposure, and the Board has dismissed the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant expressed intent to withdraw his appeal before the decision was made by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus (type II)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0618201
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Partly granted
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's service connection claims for diabetes mellitus (type II), Sweet's syndrome, decreased visual acuity of each eye, and residuals of diabetic acidosis (lactic acidosis) are not supported by competent medical evidence.
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