The Veteran's appeal to reopen his claim for service connection of ruptured eardrums has been dismissed as the Veteran and their representative have withdrawn the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran and their representative withdrew the appeal prior to the Board’s decision being promulgated.
- Claimed conditions
- ruptured eardrums
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20031902
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for ruptured eardrums, neck condition, and ischemic heart disease as they were not raised in his original claim for bilateral hearing loss. The decision on the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is that it has not been established.
- Denied
The Board determined that the veteran's current bilateral hearing loss did not begin during service and was not caused by any incident of service. The claim for service connection for a bilateral ear disorder, to include hearing loss, is denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's current hearing loss and residuals of ruptured eardrums are attributable to his active service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant.
- Partly granted
The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, but denied reopening of his claim for service connection for ruptured eardrums. The decision on the hearing loss claim is granted.
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