The Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding the claim for service connection for recurrent left leg thrombosis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a statement indicating her desire to withdraw her appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent left leg thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1625207
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a new medical opinion is needed to address whether the Veteran's left leg thrombosis was directly caused by or due to military service, and if so, whether it is aggravated by any of her service-connected disabilities. The case will be remanded for this purpose.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an addendum opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's recurrent left leg thrombosis and her service-connected left leg disabilities. The appeal is currently in remanded status.
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