The appeals for kidney disease and right foot osteomyelitis were dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a decision by the Board.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for kidney disease and right foot osteomyelitis before the Board could make a determination.
- Claimed conditions
- Kidney Disease, Right Foot Osteomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- Not specified
- Citation
- 18100058
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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