The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for residuals of a right brachial plexus injury has been dismissed due to his failure to provide the necessary information and releases for private medical records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not respond to requests for identifying information and releases for pertinent private medical evidence, resulting in abandonment of the claim under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right brachial plexus injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1300229
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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