The Veteran withdrew her appeal, leaving no issues remaining for review.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew all of her appeals before the Board could make a decision on any of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disk disease of the cervical spine, chronic low back strain, right shoulder tendonitis, degenerative joint disease of the right hip, degenerative joint disease of the left hip, degenerative joint disease of the right knee, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, right ankle tendonitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis with bunion deformity and degenerative joint disease of the large toe at the metatarsal joint, right wrist tendonitis, left wrist tendonitis, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20025947
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals were dismissed due to the death of the appellant. The issues related to service connection for various conditions and disability ratings.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
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