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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board has remanded the case due to duty-to-assist errors and a need for an opinion regarding whether VA providers' care was negligent in causing the Veteran's right leg length discrepancy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions and further development is needed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a leg condition and remanded the issue of service connection for diverticulitis.
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