The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, resulting in the dismissal of his case.
The deciding factor: The appellant-veteran withdrew his appeal through his authorized representative prior to the Board's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- heart and vascular disorders, Lyme's disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2007
- Citation
- 0730335
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 is remanded due to the lack of a sufficient statement of the case on the issue of the propriety of reducing his rating for service-connected Lyme disease from 100% to 0%. The Veteran has not yet been issued a proper statement of the case.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of active Lyme's disease or current degenerative joint disease, and denied all claims for service connection.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's heart and vascular disorders were not incurred or aggravated by service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred in service due to his service-connected TB. The claim was denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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