The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal for service connection for bilateral pes planus, bunions, and a low back disability. The Board has no further jurisdiction in these matters.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested to withdraw his appeal regarding the issues of service connection for bilateral pes planus, bunions, and a low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus, bunions, low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1020548
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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