The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims of service connection for right shoulder bone spurs, right hip replacement, and an increased disability rating for left arm sebaceous cyst as he requested to withdraw his appeals.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals prior to the promulgation of a decision by requesting to withdraw his claims through his authorized representative.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder bone spurs, right hip replacement, left arm sebaceous cyst
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161619
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were denied due to the late filing of the appeal requests, and thus the appeals are dismissed.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than October 26, 2014, for service connection and TDIU were denied.,The Veteran's claim for DEA benefits was also denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining records from the Veteran's final hospitalization and seeking VA medical opinions on the cause of death and right hip replacement.
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