The Veteran requested to withdraw all issues currently on appeal before the Board could make a decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals in writing prior to the promulgation of the Board's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- low back surgical scars, right knee scars, arthritis (claimed as body deterioration), left elbow disability, right elbow disability, bilateral wrist condition, neck pain, lumbosacral strain with residuals of spinal fusion and fixation, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with joint effusion, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with instability, left shoulder rotator cuff deterioration, right shoulder rotator cuff deterioration
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19174834
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Dismissed
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