The Veteran withdrew his appeals for myopia/refractive error and an acquired psychiatric disorder, so the claims are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal due to satisfaction with current benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- myopia/refractive error, an acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191147
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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