The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations and service connection have been withdrawn.,The Veteran's appeal for service connection for plantar fasciitis has been dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals, and the Board found that there was no evidence to support the claims of service connection or increased ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease status post coronary artery bypass graft and myocardial infraction, Plantar fasciitis, Bilateral hearing loss, Left lower extremity radiculopathy, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Diabetes mellitus, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175532
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the left ear hearing loss and service.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial rating greater than 30 percent for plantar fasciitis as the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and conducting VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a medical clarification regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected epilepsy has aggravated his bilateral hearing loss.
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