The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals regarding the evaluations for thoracolumbar spine DDD and status post vertebral fusion with slight dextrorotoscoliosis, right knee retropatellar pain syndrome with osteoarthritis, right total knee arthroplasty, status post left total knee replacement, DJD right shoulder status post rotator cuff repair and pin replacement, and hypertension. As such, these issues are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran notified the Board of his intention to withdraw his appeals for these conditions in a November 2017 correspondence.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar spine degenerative disc disease (DDD) and status post vertebral fusion with slight dextrorotoscoliosis, right knee retropatellar pain syndrome with osteoarthritis, status post left total knee replacement, degenerative joint disease (DJD) right shoulder status post rotator cuff repair and pin replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2017
- Citation
- 1752600
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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