The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his withdrawal of all remaining claims following the award of a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew all pending appeals, including those related to service connection and ratings for various disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD and anxiety disorder), bilateral upper and lower extremity polyneuropathy, fracture, lateral end, right clavicle, residuals of right forearm fracture with loss of supination, degenerative joint disease in right elbow, scars, antero-medial forearm, tender, degenerative joint disease of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2018
- Citation
- 1829922
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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