The Veteran withdrew his appeals of the issues related to right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, neck arthritis pain, left elbow arthritis pain, left wrist arthritis pain, left hand arthritis pain, right hip arthritis pain, left hip arthritis pain, right knee arthritis pain, and left knee arthritis pain. The issue of service connection for chronic skin systemic condition is also dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals in writing before the Board could make a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, neck arthritis pain, left elbow arthritis pain, left wrist arthritis pain, left hand arthritis pain, right hip arthritis pain, left hip arthritis pain, right knee arthritis pain, left knee arthritis pain, left foot arthritis pain, chronic skin systemic condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20002996
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy from April 3, 2023 onward, but denied higher ratings prior to that date. Service connection was also granted for alcohol use disorder as secondary to PTSD with traumatic brain injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of left ear hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as an addendum opinion is necessary to address evidence of in-service hearing loss and convert audiometric testing results from ASA to ISO-ANSI standards.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on a finding of etiological relation to in-service noise exposure.
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