The Board dismissed the appeals for rating in excess of 10 percent for right elbow epicondylitis, a compensable rating for right hand 5th metacarpal fracture, and a compensable rating for right eye pterygium.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of the appeal prior to the Board's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow epicondylitis, right hand 5th metacarpal fracture, right eye pterygium
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102069
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Decisions by this judge: 1,549 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
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