The appeals for service connection of the right elbow disorder, right knee disorder, tinnitus, hemorrhoids, and bilateral tinea pedis have been dismissed.,The application to reopen the finally disallowed claims of service connection for a bilateral hip disorder (Legg-Perthes disease) and lumbar spondylolisthesis has been granted. The appeals for these conditions are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal on several issues, including those related to the right elbow and knee disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Elbow Disorder","status":"Not Service Connected"}, {"condition_name":"Right Knee Disorder","status":"Not Service Connected"}, {"condition_name":"Hepatitis C","status":"Service Connected"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hip Disorder (Legg-Perthes Disease)","status":"Granted - Reopened and Service Connected"}, {"condition_name":"Lumbar Spondylolisthesis","status":"Granted - Reopened and Service Connected"}, {"condition_name":"Right Shoulder Disorder","status":"Not Service Connected"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19163807
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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