The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his request to withdraw the appeals for whether new and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen a claim for entitlement to service connection for residuals of hepatitis and entitlement to a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal on these issues prior to the Board's decision being made.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"residuals of hepatitis"}, {"conditionName":"chondromalacia, right knee"}, {"conditionName":"chondromalacia, left knee"}, {"conditionName":"right hip condition"}, {"conditionName":"left hip condition"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2018
- Citation
- 1803210
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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