The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his request for an increased disability rating for sensorineural hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative requested withdrawal of the appeal due to a recent grant of total disability individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Claimed conditions
- sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18145516
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an etiological opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected sensorineural hearing loss was a contributory cause of death.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and sensorineural hearing loss due to untimely notice of disagreement, while remanding the claim for hypertension for further development.
- Partly granted
The appeal was denied for an increased rating of tinnitus and remanded for further development on other service connection claims.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claim for a back disability for further development.
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