The Veteran's appeals for service connection for abdominal injury and herniorrhaphy have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeals based on a grant of total disability rating due to unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals based on a grant of TDIU with an effective date of January 21, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an abdominal injury, residuals of herniorrhaphy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19170802
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for familial purpura and residuals of an abdominal injury, finding that the conditions existed prior to service and did not increase in severity during service.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected disabilities are sufficient to render him unemployable without regard to his age and any non-service-connected disorders.
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