The appeal involving the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of ruptured eardrums is dismissed.,An effective date prior to October 18, 2013, for the award of a separate 10 percent evaluation for left knee injury residuals with limitation of flexion is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding service connection for residuals of ruptured eardrums through his attorney in an October 2019 written statement.,There was no evidence demonstrating a factual increase in the severity of the left knee disability within one year prior to the date of receipt of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Ruptured eardrums, Left knee injury residuals with limitation of flexion, Right hip tendonitis (rated based on impairment of thigh), Right hip tendonitis with limitation of extension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20038931
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The appeal for whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for ruptured eardrums is granted. The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his right hip tendonitis, left knee injury residuals with instability, and left knee injury residuals with limitation of flexion are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is necessary for both the PTSD and residuals of ruptured eardrums claims, including providing notice under 38 C.F.R. § 3.304(f)(3) regarding personal assault allegations for PTSD, obtaining VA outpatient treatment records, scheduling a VA examination to determine if current ear disorders are related to military service, and readjudicating the issues.
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