The Veteran's appeals for a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected left knee laxity and entitlement to a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) prior to August 16, 2017 have been dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing her appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeals with respect to these claims in a signed statement dated in May 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee laxity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18118875
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for a left knee meniscal tear and denied his request for an increased rating for left knee laxity.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to higher ratings for left knee degenerative arthritis and laxity due to a lack of sufficient evidence, including a retrospective medical opinion on functional loss during flare-ups.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are being remanded due to the failure of the Veteran to attend scheduled VA examinations. The issues include a trachea disorder, left knee laxity, DJD, DDD, sciatic nerve radiculopathy, urinary frequency, and erectile dysfunction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has restored a 10 percent rating for left knee laxity, effective October 24, 2018. The issue of an increased rating for left knee laxity is added to the Veteran's appeal.
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