The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating of diabetes mellitus type I, and the Board has dismissed this issue as a result.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal due to a favorable decision by the RO increasing the evaluation from 20% to 40%
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type I
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19130004
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type I, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate equipoise as to whether it was incurred during a period of active duty for training from June 1985 to August 1985.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type I, finding that the evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether it manifested within one year of separation from service and not attributable to intercurrent causes.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes, requiring insulin and a restricted diet, has been granted a 40 percent disability rating for the entire appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for diabetes mellitus type I, eye disorder (retinitis or eye condition), cellulitis of the bilateral lower extremities, neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, and neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities due to their potential connection to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
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