The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the ratings of generalized anxiety disorder with obsessive compulsive disorder and lower back disc herniation with left lower extremity radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested withdrawal of his appeal on these issues in March 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Lower back disc herniation with left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1816173
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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