The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the issue of an earlier effective date for service connection for limitation of motion and recurrent dislocation of the left shoulder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal concerning this issue in January 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of motion, recurrent dislocation of the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18157901
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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