The appeal for service connection for anemia (to include as due to Hepatitis B vaccination) and entitlement to a total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is dismissed. The appeals regarding the reduction in ratings for left knee arthritis and right knee tricompartmental degenerative joint disease are also dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for these issues during a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board).
- Claimed conditions
- anemia (to include as due to Hepatitis B vaccination), sinus disorder, left knee arthritis, right knee tricompartmental degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20029719
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding the service connection for left and right knee arthritis, thus the appeal is dismissed.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for brain disease due to trauma as it was untimely filed. The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and dismissed all other appeals related to various joint conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of functional impairment. The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine if any service-connected disability results in loss of use of both lower extremities, one lower extremity and one upper extremity, or residuals affecting balance and propulsion.
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