The appellant has withdrawn all appeals regarding the evaluations for various hip and spine conditions, including myofascial syndrome lumbosacral spine, right hip bursitis, left hip bursitis, and bursitis of the left thigh. As a result, the Board does not have jurisdiction to review these appeals.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew all her appeals in an April 2017 statement and email correspondence.
- Claimed conditions
- myofascial syndrome lumbosacral spine, right hip bursitis, left hip bursitis, bursitis left thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107171
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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