The Veteran's appeal was withdrawn regarding the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for hypertension and alternating diarrhea and constipation, as well as service connection for low white blood cell count, nausea, fever and chills, a urinary disability, constant abnormal EKGs, heart murmur and borderline cardiac enlargement, Coumadin toxicity, joint pain, constant vaginal dryness, night sweats, easy bruising/bleeding, tortous descending aorta, unstable creatinine levels, and for earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for painful scars of the anterior trunk, left upper extremity, alternating diarrhea and constipation, anemia, hyperparathyroidism, and headaches.,The Veteran's appeal was also withdrawn regarding her claims for service connection for breast cancer and residuals of a total hysterectomy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeals on the aforementioned issues.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a kidney transplant with BK virus, anemia, hyperparathyroidism, left popliteal artery aneurysm, pulmonary embolism, scars of the anterior trunk (chest wall and right lower quadrant), scars of the left upper extremity, alternating diarrhea and constipation, residuals of a hysterectomy, breast cancer, dark spots/pigmentation of the legs
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1624797
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