The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the service connection for right and left knee status post arthroscopy, to include residual scar, and trochanter bursitis of the hips.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal on these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee status post arthroscopy, left knee status post arthroscopy, trochanter bursitis, right hip, trochanter bursitis, left hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19126757
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,421 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted 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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for low back pain, tinnitus, right knee strain, left knee status post arthroscopy, and bilateral flat feet. The claims for service connection for these conditions are all considered to be direct service connections based on evidence of in-service injury or event.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case due to ambiguities in the record regarding the propriety of overpayment creation, the validity of the amount of debt accrued during incarceration, and the basis for service connection and rating of disabilities including 'right knee status post arthroscopy'. The issues include challenges to the creation of an overpayment based on the Appellant's felony convictions, the validity of the amount of his debt accrued during incarceration, and the relationship between the overpayment and apportionment. Further investigation is needed into the service connection for right knee conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for initial evaluations of his service-connected disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and development.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for stress disorder was reopened and granted. Service connection for depressive disorder is also granted, with the disability considered secondary to his service-connected conditions. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are both rated at their maximum allowable levels. His knee disabilities and other conditions remain under review.
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