The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the evaluations of right and left tibia stress fractures, which were dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal on both issues.
- Claimed conditions
- right tibia stress fracture, left tibia stress fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18134885
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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