The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for sinusitis/allergic rhinitis and left knee scar have been withdrawn. The right knee derangement appeal is being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the issues related to sinusitis/allergic rhinitis and left knee scar during a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board).
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis/allergic rhinitis, right knee derangement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2013
- Citation
- 1343078
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities, including ear infections, respiratory issues, sleep disorders, and hiatal hernia. The case is being returned to obtain additional examinations and opinions addressing secondary service connection.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for sinusitis/allergic rhinitis, cellulitis, and bilateral tinea pedis as there is no credible evidence showing these conditions are related to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for sinusitis/allergic rhinitis, dry eye disability, right hand/wrist disabilities, back and neck disabilities, right foot/bunion, and left foot/toe bunion due to insufficient medical opinions addressing service connection.,The VA will obtain additional treatment records and provide addendum medical opinions on each issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to effective dates and initial disability ratings for various disabilities, including lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right knee derangement, surgical scar from right nephrectomy, and TDIU. The AOJ is instructed to readjudicate these issues with consideration of all evidence added since the April 2020 statement of the case.
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