The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeals for all issues except PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the majority of his claims, leaving only the issue of service connection for a psychiatric disorder (PTSD) to be decided.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney failure, groin disorder, side pain, chest pain, hearing loss, tinnitus, sinus disorder, left ankle disorder, stomach disorder, burn of the left wrist, left middle finger disorder (also claimed as a left hand disorder), residuals of removal of left great toenail (also claimed as left foot disorder), back disorder, shoulder disorder, right knee disorder (also claimed as right leg disorder), residuals of ganglion cyst removal of right wrist (also claimed as right arm disorder and cyst of left wrist)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1019637
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied increased ratings for right shoulder impingement syndrome, hearing loss, painful scar, patellofemoral pain syndromes of the knees, and other conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
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