The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for a right wrist condition. The claims for reopening of service connection for arthritis of the left wrist and bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities as secondary to diabetes mellitus have been granted, but the cases are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new evidence submitted by the Veteran raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claims for reopening service connection. However, the right wrist condition appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the issue in February 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the left wrist, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19135047
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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