The veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings of his lumbosacral spine, right knee, and left ankle disabilities in a March 2004 letter.
The deciding factor: The veteran withdrew his appeal for the claims related to his lumbosacral spine, right knee, and left ankle disabilities in writing.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, post-traumatic status right knee, post traumatic arthritis of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628394
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeals for higher initial disability ratings in October 2017, and the Board has dismissed these appeals.
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