The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal regarding the initial ratings for post-traumatic arthritis of the right ankle and chronic left ankle strain.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a decision being made by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic arthritis of the right ankle, chronic left ankle strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1307546
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for chronic right and left ankle strain due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to obtain an adequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic left ankle strain, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on moderate limitation of motion.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he is granted Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
- Remanded (sent back)
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