The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for intermittent explosive disorder, and the Board dismissed the case as a result.
The deciding factor: The Veteran explicitly withdrew her claim with full understanding of the consequences.
- Claimed conditions
- intermittent explosive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189109
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the period prior to May 12, 2023, and a rating in excess of 70 percent from May 12, 2023.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran did not file claims for major depression, intermittent explosive disorder, diabetes, tinnitus, and bilateral feet conditions. The Board also denied a higher rating and an earlier effective date for bronchial asthma.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for unspecified personality disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, and bipolar disorder from November 25, 2022.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a mental condition, variously diagnosed as anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADD/ADHD, intermittent explosive disorder, chemical dependency, and insomnia, due to a duty-to-assist error that occurred prior to issuance of the August 2023 rating decision on appeal.
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