The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for coronary artery disease with left ventricular hypertrophy from July 20, 2009 to November 17, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew the appeal prior to the Board's decision being issued.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with left ventricular hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2015
- Citation
- 1517688
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for service connection on the merits was denied due to a failure to timely file a substantive appeal within the required time frame.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's accrued VA benefits are being divided among his children due to a contested claim. The Board finds that all interested parties, including the adopted child J.K., should be provided with relevant documents and given an opportunity to respond before readjudicating the case.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have hypertension or coronary artery disease with left ventricular hypertrophy that is attributable to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is necessary prior to the adjudication of these claims, including obtaining private treatment records from Hillcrest Internal Medicine and any relevant catheterization records.
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