The appellant has withdrawn his appeal, and there are no allegations of errors of fact or law for appellate consideration.
The deciding factor: The appellant's authorized representative requested withdrawal of the appeal prior to the Board's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- status post left lower lobe lobectomy for benign lesion and atelectasis, post thoracotomy neuropathy, LT T-4,5,6, dermatome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801369
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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