The veteran's appeal for an increased rating for synovitis of the right knee has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of his appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- synovitis, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0817627
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's right knee disability was rated at various levels of severity from January 29, 2004 to July 7, 2007. The RO granted a temporary total evaluation for convalescence beyond December 31, 2008 and increased the rating for his total right knee arthroplasty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for a new VA examination and consideration of his claim for an increased rating for synovitis, right knee, with chondromalacia of the patella.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is remanded due to procedural deficiencies and the need for additional medical examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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