The veteran's appeals for increased ratings for recurrent urethritis have been dismissed as he has withdrawn his appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested withdrawal of the appeals, indicating satisfaction with the RO's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent urethritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0633235
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Veteran's recurrent urethritis is granted a 40 percent rating, effective June 22, 2023. The right ear high frequency hearing loss remains noncompensable.
- Granted
The Veteran's recurrent urethritis is rated at a 60 percent rating from September 20, 2018 to September 9, 2019.
- Denied
The Veteran seeks an earlier effective date for service connection for hepatitis C, recurrent urethritis, and herpes progenitalis. The Board found that clear and unmistakable error has not been shown and denied the request.
- Granted
The Veteran's recurrent urethritis is currently rated at 10 percent, effective January 3, 2001. The Board finds that the evidence supports a 20 percent evaluation for urinary frequency from January 3, 2001 through October 2, 2005. For erectile dysfunction, no compensable initial evaluation is warranted.
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