The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of his appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Claimed conditions
- status-post total left knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0718506
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal involves multiple knee disabilities, including status post surgeries and replacements. The case is being remanded for further development to address the severity of these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inadequate reasons and bases in two areas: failure to adequately consider pain and functional loss of the left knee at 110 degrees of flexion and on full extension, and failure to address whether a higher or separate rating was warranted based on consideration of Diagnostic Codes 5257, 5260, and 5261.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his postoperative residuals of a lateral meniscectomy, arthrotomy, arthroscopic debridement, and status-post total left knee replacement, finding that the disability did not meet or approximate criteria warranting a higher evaluation.
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