The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 has been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeals.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal, so there is no deciding factor provided in the decision summary.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate Cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107315
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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