The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his Substantive Appeal with respect to the issue of increased disability rating for residual facial scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his Substantive Appeal regarding the increased disability rating for facial scars prior to the promulgation of a decision in the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- residual facial scars, melanoma, squamous cell skin cancer, basal cell skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19158806
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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