The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn due to the request for a hearing and withdrawal of all issues by his representative.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative withdrew the appeal, indicating that the Veteran wished to cancel his Board hearing and withdraw all issues on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- staph infection, lacerated boil
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1442734
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Veteran's staph infection is granted service connection. The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral feet condition, ED, and scars related to his now service-connected staph infection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to incomplete records and duty-to-assist errors. The VA is required to obtain relevant SSA records, as well as provide an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed stressors and psychiatric disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, as well as special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance or housebound status, due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a staph infection resulting from surgery, as there was no evidence of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or other instance of fault on the part of VA and the event was not reasonably foreseeable.
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