The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection and higher ratings related to various skin, leg, knee, and shell fragment wound conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a withdrawal of appeal prior to the Board's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the face, residual scars of shrapnel wounds to the right lower leg, residual scars of a shrapnel wound to the left knee, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left knee, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20006114
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Decisions by this judge: 1,757 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 proposed reduction of the rating for bilateral hearing loss from 30% to zero percent is dismissed.,Service connection for a dental disability for compensation purposes is denied.,An initial 30% rating for BPPV is granted.,Two issues (IBS with diarrhea and skin disorder of the face) are remanded due to duty to assist error.,The appeal of service connection for IBS with diarrhea and a skin disorder of the face is remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, skin disorders of the face and low back, but denied service connection for right shoulder and left shoulder disorders.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining missing service treatment records and private medical records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and scheduling a skin examination.
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