The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, to include as due to right knee arthritis, status post total right knee replacement.,The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for a thoracic spine disability, to include as secondary to right knee arthritis, status post right knee replacement.,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for arthritis of the right knee, status post total right knee replacement from December 1, 2013.,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to June 1, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all appeals in writing before the Board could issue a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, Thoracic spine disability (to include as secondary to right knee arthritis), Arthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2017
- Citation
- 1755443
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board has determined that the VA examiner's opinion regarding service connection for degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine is incomplete and requires further clarification. The case is being remanded to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service, including two claimed inservice collision injuries.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cervical spine disability, finding that there is no evidence of a disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by active service and no causal relationship between the current disability and any service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a cervical spine disability to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing both causation and aggravation.
- Denied
The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's knee and cervical spine disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.
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