The Board dismissed the appeal on all issues related to service connection for a neurological disorder of the lower extremities due to the appellant's request for withdrawal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested withdrawal of the appeal, and thus there is no question of fact or law left for appellate consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disorder of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19181114
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Decisions by this judge: 961 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant, and no service connection decisions were made.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to consider all evidence, including a recent VA examination report. The TDIU claim is also deferred until these issues can be addressed.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a neurological disorder of the lower extremities was granted in May 2016, as secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain with intervertebral disc syndrome.
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