The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of service connection for hypertension, and entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's attorney withdrew the appeal as to these issues in February 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- d diabetes mellitus type II, h hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20025488
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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