The Veteran withdrew his appeal for bladder cancer, and the Board dismissed this issue. The respiratory disability claim remains pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal on the issue of service connection for bladder cancer before a decision was made.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer, Respiratory disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1003707
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 granted service connection for bladder cancer, diabetes mellitus, type 2, and an acquired psychiatric disability (unspecified depressive disorder), but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for urinary bladder cancer under the PACT Act and remanded other claims for further development.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection and TDIU were dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for bladder cancer as there was no evidence of voiding dysfunction or renal dysfunction, and the GFR was over 90.
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