The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for residual scar, status post ventral hernia repair has been withdrawn. The case is being dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his claim for the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for residual scar, status-post ventral hernia repair.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a ventral hernia repair, residual scar, status post ventral hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2017
- Citation
- 1736152
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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