The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of asteatotic eczema, which was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a statement on VA Form 21-4138 withdrawing his appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- asteatotic eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2009
- Citation
- 0935803
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a skin condition and benign prostatic hypertrophy due to inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran's skin conditions include cutaneous sarcoidosis, seborrheic dermatitis, eczema, xerosis, asteatotic eczema, and pityriasis rosea. The Board also found the medical opinions regarding the Veteran's BPH were inadequate.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA medical opinions provided are inadequate and remanded for further development. The Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for urethral stricture and associated erectile dysfunction, as well as service connection for asteatotic eczema and/or atopic dermatitis (a skin disability), to include as due to herbicide exposure, are remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unemployable prior to December 27, 2018.
- Denied
The Veteran's skin condition was not manifested during his active service or for many years thereafter, and is not shown to be related to his active service, including herbicide exposure.
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