The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn by his representative.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative withdrew the appeals on all issues.
- Claimed conditions
- carotid artery blockage in the neck, peripheral artery disease, left lower extremity, peripheral artery disease, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1703554
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded one issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, an eye disability, a cardiac disability, peripheral artery disease, and foot disabilities due to further development needed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for headaches secondary to lumbar strain and remanded the issues of service connection for peripheral artery disease, left lower extremity and right lower extremity.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service records do not provide sufficient information to determine if he was exposed to herbicide agents while serving aboard U.S.S. Bennington and Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Eight. The case is being remanded for further development.
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