The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claim of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for left eye chorioretinal scar.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal, leaving no issues remaining for consideration by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye chorioretinal scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18112497
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and headaches, granted a 20 percent rating for dry eye syndrome, and denied a compensable rating for left eye chorioretinal scar and a higher rating for major depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Board has restored service connection for left eye chorioretinal scar, effective from the date of severance (December 1, 2019), as the original decision was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a new VA examination to address the extent of any scarring in the retina and whether it is related to the Veteran's service-connected left eye disability.
- Denied
The Board denied an extraschedular rating higher than 30 percent for left eye chorioretinal scar prior to November 4, 2009.
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