The Board has dismissed the appeal as service connection for residuals of decompression sickness was granted in a January 2020 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The January 2020 rating decision granted service connection for right shoulder, status post decompression sickness, which is considered a full grant of the issue on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of decompression sickness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20048221
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board dismissed the appeals for service connection of residuals of decompression sickness and a right knee disability due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal prior to any decision being made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service treatment records and requests for additional information. The appellant's claim will be reconsidered after obtaining any missing records and providing an opinion on whether her current symptoms are related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of decompression sickness but denied hypertension. The Veteran's claim for residuals of decompression sickness is based on direct evidence, not a presumption or reopening due to new and material evidence.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran does not have current residual symptoms or conditions related to decompression sickness manifested during service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
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