The Veteran's attorney has been paid the full amount of his attorney fees and believes the amount is correct, thus effectively withdrawing the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant expressed that he had been paid the full amount of his attorney fees and believed it was correct, thereby essentially withdrawing the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive neurosis, dysthymia with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1046854
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the denial of readjudication of entitlement to service connection for depression, depressive neurosis is dismissed due to a Notice of Disagreement being duplicative of an earlier one.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depressive neurosis, also claimed as depression/anxiety.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development due to outstanding records, including VA and private treatment records, as well as SSA disability determination records. The Veteran is also being asked to provide any additional information regarding his treatment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to a duty to assist error in not obtaining private treatment records from the Veteran's psychiatrist. The issues are related to rating and TDIU for depressive neurosis.
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