The Veteran's appeals for service connection on the remaining issues have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of those claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding pyelonephritis, headaches, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, shortness of breath, and a prostate disability at his October 2015 hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- pyelonephritis, headaches, hypertension, hyperlipidemia (claimed as high cholesterol), shortness of breath (also claimed as lung disability), prostate disability, diabetes mellitus, Type II or in the alternative whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II., heart disease, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or, in the alternative, whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD., a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD or, in the alternative, whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2016
- Citation
- 1614106
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including VA examinations.
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