The Veteran's appeals for service connection have been withdrawn and are dismissed. The issues were related to whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen claims of entitlement to service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s attorney withdrew the appeal as to all issues involved in the appeal, including those related to chloracne, peripheral neuropathy, tremors, and TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- chloracne, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, tremors
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184593
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tremors to schedule a new VA examination to address all theories of entitlement and current disabilities raised by the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and private treatment records.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as they are not related to active service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for lung cancer and the cause of death due to lung cancer, but remanded claims for normal pressure hydrocephalus and tremors.
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