The Veteran withdrew his claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for specific phobias, diagnosed as claustrophobia and aquaphobia. The appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran explicitly requested to withdraw his earlier effective date claim in a June 21, 2011 correspondence, which was acknowledged by VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Specific Phobias, Headaches Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2017
- Citation
- 1724994
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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