The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for a history of cerebral vascular accident, a history of myocardial infarction (claimed as heart attack), a hypothyroid disability, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral vascular disease prior to the Board's decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for these issues during his June 2014 Board hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"history of cerebral vascular accident"}, {"conditionName":"history of myocardial infarction (claimed as heart attack)"}, {"conditionName":"hypothyroid disability"}, {"conditionName":"peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities"}, {"conditionName":"emphysema, chronic interstitial lung disease (claimed as chronic lung disease)"}, {"conditionName":"status post renal artery bypass with atrophic left kidney (claimed as death of a kidney and kidney bypass)"}, {"conditionName":"right eye blindness"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1436417
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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