The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of his right and left knee tricompartmental arthritis have been withdrawn. As a result, the Board does not have jurisdiction to review these claims.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew their appeal of the claims for increased disability evaluations for their right and left knee tricompartmental arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee tricompartmental arthritis, left knee tricompartmental arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1421720
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 claims for initial compensable evaluations for right and left knee tricompartmental arthritis with limitation of extension due to incomplete development in the current evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for further development, including a new VA orthopedic examination of the Veteran's right knee and consideration of other issues raised by the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected right knee tricompartmental arthritis is being remanded due to the need for further development, including obtaining updated medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development and a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
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