The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the hips, elbows, knees, and lower back.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided a signed statement indicating he was withdrawing his appeal for this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the hips, elbows, knees, and lower back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0909005
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability but denied it on the merits. The claim for degenerative joint disease of the hips was also denied.
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