The Veteran has withdrawn all issues currently on appeal, and as such, the appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran and his representative submitted statements indicating their desire to withdraw all issues from appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus with mild diabetic retinopathy, traumatic arthritis of the right hip with right great toe numbness, degenerative spondylosis of the lumbar spine, pyloric channel ulcer and hiatal hernia, post-operative right leg varicosities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2016
- Citation
- 1623443
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Dismissed
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