The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for initial compensable ratings for skin graft of the left leg and scar of the right lower abdomen. The Board, therefore, dismisses these claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative withdrew the appeal on June 17, 2014, prior to the promulgation of a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- skin graft of the left leg, scar of the right lower abdomen
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1429840
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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