The Veteran's appeals have been withdrawn by his representative in a letter dated in May 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative withdrew the appeals for initial ratings and compensable ratings for the service-connected stress fractures.
- Claimed conditions
- stress fracture, right knee, stress fracture, left knee, stress fracture, right ankle, stress fracture, left ankle, stress fracture calcaneal, right foot, stress fracture calcaneal, left foot, stress fracture, left shin, stress fracture, right shin
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1219762
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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