The Board has dismissed all pending appeals due to the appellant's withdrawal of his claims.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew all his pending appeals before the Board could make a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis barbae, cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc disease, radiculopathy, left lower extremity, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, bilateral pseudophakia, scars from prostatectomy, facial scar around left eye, migraine headaches, right knee disability, chronic pancreatitis, gall bladder condition, residuals of left eye injury, raticulopathy, right upper extremity, hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and/or Meniere’s syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19147435
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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