The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn by the appellant through his authorized representative.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of the appeal prior to its decision being made.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip total arthroplasty, right hip total arthroplasty, left total knee replacement, degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1011188
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for separate awards of service connection for left knee instability and right knee instability.
- Granted
The Board granted disability ratings of 40 percent for right shoulder impingement syndrome, 30 percent for left shoulder impingement syndrome, rotator cuff tear, and acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, 30 percent for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, 40 percent for degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, and 30 percent for right knee patellar chondromalacia with degenerative arthritis, but not higher.
- Granted
The Board granted initial disability ratings of 50 percent for migraines and 40 percent for degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as it is inextricably intertwined with the remanded right and left knee increased rating claims.
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