The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and his claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 40 percent for hepatitis C with cirrhosis is dismissed without prejudice.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C with cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0622527
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Veteran's hepatitis C with cirrhosis was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, and a dental disability for compensation purposes is unrelated to his period of service.
- Denied
The Veteran's hepatitis C with cirrhosis was not shown to have been present during service, nor is it shown to be related to any in-service occurrence or event.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C with cirrhosis and mild restrictive lung physiology as secondary to hepatitis C, and also found that there was no legal entitlement for separate 10 percent ratings for each ear for tinnitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for clarification on whether he wishes these issues to be withdrawn. If the veteran does not wish them to be withdrawn, the case will return to the Board for further review.
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