Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to September 24, 2008.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew the appeal of this issue in an October 2018 correspondence.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19128509
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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