The Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding the claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin disability, including granuloma arrulae, shingles, and chicken pox, claimed as secondary to service-connected fibromyalgia or due to chemical exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran expressed her desire to withdraw the pending appeal in an August 2019 statement, which was confirmed by her representative at a September 2019 Board hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- granuloma arrulae, shingles, chicken pox
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19173283
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Veteran's irritable bowel syndrome has been granted service connection.,The Veteran's shingles disability has been granted service connection.,Service connection for a bladder disorder is denied.,Service connection for a migraine disorder is remanded.,Service connection for a uterine fibroid disorder is remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for payment of non-VA medical care at Good Samaritan Hospital on August 4, 2012 is granted due to the emergency nature of his condition and the unavailability of VA facilities.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking service connection for shingles was withdrawn by the Veteran and is therefore dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability.
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