The Veteran's appeal for service connection for chronic hemorrhoids was dismissed because he withdrew his appeal. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a left-knee strain.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for chronic hemorrhoids, leaving only the left-knee strain issue for further review.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic hemorrhoids, left-knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183403
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for urinary frequency. The other claims were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded several issues for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right hand carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as a 20 percent disability rating for both left and right foot plantar fasciitis. The claim for chronic hemorrhoids was denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for vitiligo and chronic hemorrhoids, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during his active service and persisted since then.
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