The Board has dismissed the claim of service connection for residuals of aseptic spinal meningitis as it has been fully granted and implemented.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established, but the issue is now moot as the claim has been resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- aseptic spinal meningitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1322307
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for revision of the December 1961 rating decision that denied service connection for residuals of aseptic meningitis based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was denied as there were no new facts or evidence presented to change the outcome.,The claims for earlier effective dates for bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy were also denied, as they were adjudicated and denied prior to August 21, 2008, and the Veteran did not file a notice of disagreement within one year.,The claim for TDIU prior to August 21, 2008 was denied due to the Veteran's current receipt of the maximum rating for residuals of meningitis.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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