The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of atrial fibrillation as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for atrial fibrillation before the Board could make a determination.
- Claimed conditions
- atriial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19162850
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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