Your appeals for service connection for a right hand disorder other than carpal tunnel syndrome and for residuals of frostbite to the hands have been dismissed because they are part of legacy appeal system matters. The legacy appeals will continue to be processed as per the Board's July 2019 remand.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not opt in to the AMA system, so his appeals under that system were dismissed due to jurisdictional issues.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand disorder other than carpal tunnel syndrome, residuals of frostbite to the hands
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2019
- Citation
- A19002846
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board found that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for residuals of frostbite of the hands, but ultimately denied service connection.
- Denied
The Board found no current diagnosis of residuals of frostbite to the hands and denied service connection for this condition. The claim for bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding its etiology.
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