The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of a neurocognitive disorder secondary to PTSD, and the Board dismissed the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal in writing before the decision was made.
- Claimed conditions
- neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20001041
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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