The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal regarding the initial compensable rating for service-connected Traumatic Brain Injury and the increased rating for service-connected Headaches, including whether the reduction from 30 percent to 10 percent effective December 1, 2010 was proper. As a result, the Board does not have jurisdiction to decide these issues.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a written statement indicating a desire to withdraw his appeal for the issues of initial compensable rating for service-connected Traumatic Brain Injury and increased rating for service-connected Headaches, including whether the reduction from 30 percent to 10 percent effective December 1, 2010 was proper.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2015
- Citation
- 1547837
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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