The Veteran withdrew all her claims, including those for service connection and increased rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeals in a January 2019 written correspondence.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder condition (also claimed as pain, weakness and reduce range of motion), left wrist fracture, lumbosacral strain (claimed as low back disorder), left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, with degenerative joint disease and arthralgia-osteoarthritis, bilateral ankle degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis with chronic pain and soft tissue dysfunction, bilateral pes planus, cerumen impaction and otitis media, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, dyspnea and chronic upper respiratory infection (URI), obstructive sleep apnea, endometriosis, uterine fibroids (leiomyoma of uterus), migraines, residual dentation teeth with removal (previously claimed as loss of teeth from dental trauma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19140613
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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