The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the issues of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for a spine condition, entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition (including substance-induced mood disorder and depression), and entitlement to total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service connected disabilities (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals.
- Claimed conditions
- spine condition, acquired psychiatric condition (including substance-induced mood disorder and depression)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1631948
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for foot pain, frostbite, organic residuals of (feet), migraine, shin splints, spine condition, and tinnitus to schedule VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a spine condition and bilateral hearing loss due to missing information and outstanding medical records.
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