The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board issuing a decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeal in a July 2014 statement.
- Claimed conditions
- scar, status post cervical fusion, degenerative disc disease, L1-2 (claimed as upper and lower back conditions), status post cervical fusion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1525906
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, GERD, contact dermatitis, left ankle gout, degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine, left knee meniscal tear and gout, left big toe gout, left elbow gout, status post cervical fusion, and sleep apnea, as they are related to active duty training (ACDUTRA).
- Denied
The Veteran's neck disability was rated at 10 percent prior to May 26, 2015 and denied a higher rating.,The Veteran's neck disability was rated at 20 percent from September 1, 2015 and denied a higher rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability is rated at 30 percent from May 31, 2018. He also received a grant of service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy with an effective date of February 25, 2019, and a scar, status post cervical fusion with an effective date of December 28, 2016.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to attend to many of the activities of daily living without regular assistance from a personal caregiver, warranting SMC at the aid and attendance rate.
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