The Veteran withdrew his appeal on the remaining claims of service connection for a throat condition and the claims for increase in residuals of fracture of the right navicular bone (wrist) and hemorrhoids.
The deciding factor: The Veteran contacted the RO to withdraw his appeals prior to the Board's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- throat condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1008411
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a throat condition, gastrointestinal condition, psychiatric disorder, back condition, elbow conditions, foot pain, leg conditions, migraine headaches, penile condition, and obstructive sleep apnea. The Board also denied a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for 20 conditions including depression, anxiety, and traumatic brain injury, finding insufficient evidence of in-service incurrence or nexus. The Board remanded three conditions (back condition, left lower extremity neuropathy, and left leg condition) for further adjudication.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a respiratory condition, throat condition, and tinnitus based on the evidence supporting their relationship to the Veteran's military service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for a throat condition and tinnitus were dismissed due to lack of response within 60 days of the Board's request for clarification regarding his preferred docket.
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