The Veteran's appeal regarding the right leg condition is dismissed. The Board has also remanded for further development and opinion on his claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran withdrew his issue of entitlement to service connection for a disability manifested by right leg length inequity at his July 2018 hearing, thus dismissing this issue. The psychiatric disorder appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg length inequity, Acquired psychiatric disorder (including post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression with psychotic features and polysubstance dependence)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19195678
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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