The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn due to the appellant's request for withdrawal prior to the Board's decision.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of their appeal before the Board could make a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma, cervical spine disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, eating disorder, headaches, hypertension, kidney disorder, left hip disability, liver disorder, lumbosacral spine disability, nerve damage to the left arm, nerve damage to the left hand, nerve damage to the left leg, nerve damage to the head and right side of face, nerve damage to the upper and lower back, nerve damage to the right arm, neurological disorder, sleep disorder, left shoulder disability, stomach disorder (claimed as gastroesophageal reflux disease and dyspepsia), irritable bowel syndrome (claimed as diarrhea, constipation, a lower gastrointestinal disorder, and a digestive condition)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2016
- Citation
- 1624313
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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