The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for residuals of a lower back injury before the Board could make a decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw her appeal, which was received by VA in May 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a lower back injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19167007
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including GERD, neck injury, right knee injury, left knee injury, shrapnel wound to the lower left leg, right ankle injury, left ankle injury, RLE neuropathy, and lower back injury.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar stenosis with early arthritis of the thoracic vertebrae, claimed as residuals of a lower back injury, is etiologically related to his active service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC) for further development of the evidence.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a left ankle injury and residuals of a lower back injury, finding that these conditions are directly related to the veteran's military service.
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