The veteran requested to withdraw his appeal, leading the Board to dismiss it.
The deciding factor: The veteran withdrew his appeal through his representative.
- Claimed conditions
- instability, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2007
- Citation
- 0735591
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for instability in both knees due to a lack of consideration of certain evidence and potential VA medical records.
- Partly granted
The Board denied higher initial ratings for the Veteran's left thigh and left knee conditions but granted separate 10 percent ratings for limitation of flexion, left knee, and instability, left knee. The Board also granted an 80 percent rating from April 26, 2021, for left thigh amputation.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's GERD with hiatal hernia was granted a rating of 10 percent, while other knee conditions and scars were denied higher ratings. TDIU was also granted.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for knee conditions were denied, but a separate evaluation of 10 percent for right knee instability was granted.
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