The Veteran's service connection for left breast cancer and related conditions has been granted, but the appeal regarding separate evaluations is dismissed as there are no longer any issues of error in fact or law.
The deciding factor: The June 2018 rating decision granted the Veteran's service connection for left breast cancer and associated conditions, which resolved all issues on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- left breast cancer, scars associated with breast cancer treatment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144667
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left breast cancer and residual scars, status post breast mastectomy to obtain an opinion under the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act of 2022 (PACT Act) due to the Veteran's presumed exposure to burn pits during her service in Iraq and Kuwait.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a temporary total disability rating and service connection for left breast cancer as secondary to fibrocystic breast disease due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for left breast cancer, as the Veteran did not undergo a modified radical mastectomy of both breasts.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring VA to obtain additional private medical records.
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