The Veteran's appeal of service connection for a leg condition is dismissed as there was no formal or informal claim filed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a formal or informal claim for service connection for a leg condition.
- Claimed conditions
- leg condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192805
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for leg, right hip, left hip, and high blood pressure conditions to ensure proper development of evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, but the Board is remanding these cases due to outstanding SSA disability records.,Additional development is needed to ensure all relevant evidence has been considered in the context of the Veteran's claims.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a leg condition, and the claim was dismissed.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, but new and material evidence was found to reopen the claim for a foot condition. The other claims remained denied.
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