The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn by the appellant through his authorized representative, thus dismissing the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Claimed conditions
- Perirectal abscess
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2011
- Citation
- 1125826
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a perirectal abscess due to insufficient evidence in the January 2019 decision. The Veteran needs to provide additional medical records and undergo another VA examination.
- Denied
The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred on August 21, 2005, and from August 22 to August 26, 2005 is denied as the criteria for payment under VA regulations are not met.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized private medical expenses incurred from March 11, 2004 to March 16, 2004 due to a finding that his condition had stabilized on March 11, 2004 and he was no longer in a continued medical emergency.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected fissure in ano and perirectal abscess, status post fistulectomy, based on extensive leakage and fairly frequent involuntary bowel movements.
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