The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of entitlement to an effective date prior to July 13, 2010, for service connection for migraine headaches.,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of entitlement to an effective date prior to July 13, 2010, for service connection for right shoulder strain.,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of entitlement to an effective date prior to March 10, 2010, for service connection for dry eye syndrome with bilateral pinguecula and chronic conjunctivitis (claimed as an eye condition, status post Lasik eye surgery).,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of service connection for asthma (also claimed as shortness of breath).,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of service connection for pes planus.,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of service connection for temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome.,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of service connection for a liver condition, claimed as elevated enzymes and enlarged liver.
The deciding factor: The Veteran expressed through his representative a desire to withdraw from appellate review all issues related to effective dates or service connection for various conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, right shoulder strain, dry eye syndrome with bilateral pinguecula and chronic conjunctivitis (claimed as an eye condition, status post Lasik eye surgery), asthma (also claimed as shortness of breath), pes planus, temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome, liver condition, claimed as elevated enzymes and enlarged liver
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1735241
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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