The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claim of entitlement to service connection for acute myelogenous leukemia before a decision was made.
The deciding factor: The Veteran expressed his intention to withdraw his appeal with respect to this issue prior to the promulgation of a Board decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute myelogenous leukemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- A20018232
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for acute myelogenous leukemia due to an inadequate medical opinion and a need to address direct service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new statutory changes regarding herbicide agent exposure, and a VA medical opinion is needed to determine if the Veteran's cause of death was related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, as there was no evidence that a disability of service origin or a service-connected disability caused or contributed to the veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as there was no evidence linking his acute myelogenous leukemia to his military service.
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