The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected cephalgia has been dismissed due to his failure to provide necessary releases for pertinent evidence, resulting in the abandonment of the claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to respond to requests for releases needed to secure critical evidence related to his claim, leading to the abandonment of the appeal under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- cephalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1127332
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and granted a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD, while denying other claims. The remaining claims were remanded.
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