The Board dismissed the appeal due to a withdrawal by the appellant's authorized representative.
The deciding factor: The appellant and their representative requested withdrawal of the appeal before the decision was made.
- Claimed conditions
- atriial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19147834
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
The Veteran's atrial fibrillation has been granted service connection. The Board has remanded the issues of bradycardia and sick sinus syndrome for further development.
- Denied
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