The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings on various conditions have been dismissed. The Board has also remanded several issues including service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the majority of his claims prior to a decision being made by the Board, and the remaining claims were not fully addressed due to lack of clarity or evidence supporting the Veteran's assertions.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, status post right hand index finger injury with residual numbness, tinnitus, TMJ disorder (claimed as a dental condition), hemorrhoids, erectile dysfunction (also claimed as hypogonadism and a penile condition), lumbar spine scar, scars of the bilateral hands, bilateral hearing loss, residuals of an eye injury (previously claimed as status post right eye orbital fracture), traumatic brain injury (TBI), residuals of orbital fracture, headaches, residuals of orbital fracture, left knee disability, right knee patellofemoral syndrome, right shoulder tendonitis, lumbar spinal fusion with implantation, left lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbar spinal fusion with implantation, right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbar spinal fusion with implantation, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) (also claimed as hiatal hernia in stomach)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18155964
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess his bilateral knee and hip disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
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