The Veteran's appeal of service connection for malaria, dysentery, and burns on the back has been withdrawn by his attorney.,The Veteran’s coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft surgery, is currently rated as 30 percent disabling. The Board finds that an evaluation greater than 30 percent is not warranted based on the evidence of record.,The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability was remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether his hearing loss disability underwent an increase during active service.,The Veteran’s appeal for service connection for trench foot was remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of his subungual pigmentation of the great right toe.,The Veteran's appeal for service connection for shrapnel wound to the chest was remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the origin of the scar on his left upper chest.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for malaria, dysentery, and burns on the back by his attorney.,The evidence does not support a higher evaluation than 30 percent for coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft surgery.,There is insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's hearing loss disability underwent an increase during active service.,There is insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the subungual pigmentation of the great right toe.,There is insufficient medical opinion regarding the origin of the scar on the left upper chest.
- Claimed conditions
- malaria, dysentery, burns on back, bilateral hearing loss disability, trench foot, shrapnel wound to the chest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18150484
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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