The veteran has withdrawn his appeal for stomach and leg disorders, leaving no issues remaining for the Board to consider.
The deciding factor: The veteran withdrew his appeals for stomach and leg disorders prior to the promulgation of a decision by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Stomach disability"}, {"conditionName":"Leg disability"}, {"conditionName":"Residuals of a fractured jaw"}, {"conditionName":"Diabetes mellitus"}, {"conditionName":"Bilateral eye disability (claimed as secondary to diabetes mellitus)"}, {"conditionName":"Headache disorder"}, {"conditionName":"Depression"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0802268
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability and depression, as well as a temporary total evaluation for his back disability. The case is remanded to obtain additional opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's depression.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for depression was denied as there is no current diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a finding for service connection for depression.
- Granted
The Veteran's depression is service connected. Service connection for varicose veins of the right leg and left leg was granted with a 10 percent evaluation effective September 9, 2004.
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