The Veteran's appeals for increased rating, service connection, and reopening of previously denied claims have been withdrawn. The case is being remanded to obtain SSA records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals concerning the issues of entitlement to an increased rating for scar due to a mortar shell fragment in chest; service connection for high blood pressure; and whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen previously denied claims of entitlement to service connection for a back condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- scar due to a mortar shell fragment in chest, high blood pressure, back condition (claimed as a back condition), acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as schizophrenia), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pterygium of the right eye (OD), stomach condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1201387
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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