The Veteran's appeal for service connection for hearing loss and an increased rating for residuals of fractured right index, long, ring and little fingers, to include arthritis was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal request.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for an anxiety disorder is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran has an anxiety disorder caused by his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss, Anxiety disorder, Fractured right index, long, ring and little fingers, to include arthritis, Migrainous vertigo
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19124356
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial increased rating for hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hearing loss, psychiatric disorder, neck disorder, and radiculopathy of both upper and lower extremities to correct duty-to-assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, recurrent depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and unspecified bipolar and related disorder based on credible evidence of in-service stressors and continuous symptoms since service.
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