The Veteran's appeals for higher ratings for postoperative residuals of a hiatal hernia and left knee internal derangement with chondromalacia have been withdrawn prior to the Board making a decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals in March 2017 before the Board could make a decision on these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a hiatal hernia, left knee internal derangement with chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1717502
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected postoperative residuals of a hiatal hernia is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and conducting a new VA examination.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 60 percent disability rating for the veteran's postoperative residuals of a hiatal hernia and status-post sigmoid resection secondary to perforated colon, effective from April 2001. The veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent.
- Granted
The veteran's postoperative residuals of a ventral hernia were restored to a 20 percent evaluation, and he was granted a temporary total rating for convalescence following surgery in February 1997.
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