The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for degenerative joint disease of the right and left hands has been withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeals regarding these issues in writing, meeting all required criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right hand, degenerative joint disease of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2016
- Citation
- 1643845
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims for degenerative joint disease of various body parts due to the death of the appellant.
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