The Veteran's representative withdrew the appeal, requesting that all issues be dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s representative requested to withdraw the appeal and dismiss it.
- Claimed conditions
- anal leakage, anal bleeding
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19140216
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Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for anal bleeding and esophageal condition, finding no evidence of a causal link to the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune during his military service.
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