The veteran withdrew his appeals for impotency and benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis at a June 2006 Travel Board hearing, leaving no unresolved issues in these matters.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted a statement withdrawing his appeals seeking service connection for impotency and benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis prior to the promulgation of a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- impotency, benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis, right arm disorder, bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0634832
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review types.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for further evidentiary development, including obtaining additional medical records and examinations.
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