The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection for right wrist, left wrist, right knee, and bilateral hearing loss disabilities as the appellant withdrew these claims prior to a decision.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of the appeals for the aforementioned conditions before a final decision was made.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist disability, Left wrist disability, Right knee disability, Left knee disability, Bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001841
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board denied the claims for an initial compensable rating for left ear sensorineural hearing loss, service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability, and a left eye disorder. However, it granted service connection for a back disability and radiculopathy of both lower extremities as secondary to the back disability.
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