The claims for service connection of lower back, left heel, and right hip disabilities have been dismissed.,The claim for service connection of left hip disability has been dismissed.,The claim for service connection of left heel disability has been dismissed.,The claim for service connection of right hip disability has been dismissed.,An initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD has been denied.,The claim for service connection of hepatitis C has been remanded.,The claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee disability prior to November 22, 2010 and in excess of 30 percent from January 1, 2012 have been remanded.,The claim for TDIU (Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability) prior to January 7, 2014 has been remanded.
The deciding factor: Withdrawal of the issues due to request from the Veteran's attorney to withdraw them.,PTSD did not cause total occupational and social impairment as per VA criteria.,The evidence does not support a finding that PTSD caused total occupational impairment, despite some symptoms described.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back disability, left heel disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), hepatitis C, right knee disability prior to November 22, 2010, right knee disability from January 1, 2012 onwards
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18108841
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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