Your claim for service connection for a left ankle disability has been granted, but the Board's decision was not appealed. As such, your case is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeal was already resolved in favor of granting service connection and no further action is required as the rating and effective date have been assigned by the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease, left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2015
- Citation
- 1550757
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right hip osteoarthritis and denied increased ratings for various joint conditions, as well as additional special monthly compensation.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not due to his service-connected conditions, and the cause of death (end stage renal disease) is not related to his service. The criteria for DIC benefits were not met.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete records, particularly those from basic training and Fort Sill.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further development.
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