The Veteran's appeal regarding a rating in excess of 60 percent for fatigue due to undiagnosed illness has been dismissed as the appellant requested withdrawal prior to the Board's decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal through written communication from his representative before the Board could issue its decision.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue due to undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2012
- Citation
- 1208820
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and scheduling him for a VA examination to address the etiology of his service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining a sleep study report and an addendum from the VA examiner. The veteran's claim will be reconsidered after this development.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that they were not incurred or aggravated during his active duty and could not be presumed to have been due to undiagnosed illness.
- Denied
The Board found no competent evidence showing a nexus between the veteran's claimed conditions and his active service, leading to denial of all claims.
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