The Veteran's appeal regarding the issue of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral hand disorder has been withdrawn. The case is being remanded for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the issue of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral hand disorder before a final decision was made by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- testalgia, hydroceles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2011
- Citation
- 1106583
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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