The Board dismissed the claim of service connection for skin cancer as it has been granted and rendered moot. The remaining issues of service connection for lumbar spine disorder, prostate disorder, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection for skin cancer was fully awarded in an August 2019 rating decision, rendering the issue moot.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, lumbar spine disorder, prostate disorder, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19195864
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy secondary to the veteran's service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disorder, diabetes mellitus, and bilateral diabetic neuropathy.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for skin cancer was dismissed due to untimeliness, while the claim for squamous cell carcinoma was granted.
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