The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the Board is dismissing the claims for increased ratings for right lower peripheral neuropathy and left lower peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal in a July 2016 letter, indicating satisfaction with the current rating assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower peripheral neuropathy, left lower peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2016
- Citation
- 1648359
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The claims for service connection have also been dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right lower peripheral neuropathy, left lower peripheral neuropathy, and stomach pain (claimed as possible prostate issue) due to new evidence received after the January 2015 rating decision.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right lower peripheral neuropathy is likely related to his military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for diabetes, right toes amputation, left lower peripheral neuropathy, right lower peripheral neuropathy, left upper peripheral neuropathy, and right upper peripheral neuropathy have been granted. The Board also remanded the cases of service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) and hypertension.
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