The veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he or his representative requested withdrawal of the appeal in its entirety.
The deciding factor: The veteran and/or their representative withdrew the appeal prior to a decision being made by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropathy of both lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0802011
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board has granted service connection for residuals of cold weather injury to bilateral lower extremities, finding that the Veteran's current neuropathy is linked to his in-service exposure to cold temperatures.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran seeks an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for residuals of reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) and associated conditions, but her original claim was denied in November 1994. The appeal is currently remanded to consider whether the 1994 denial is final and if additional evidence supports a non-finality determination.
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