The appeal concerning entitlement to a higher initial disability rating for service-connected right hip arthritis has been withdrawn and is dismissed. The appeals concerning eligibility for financial assistance in the purchase of one automobile or other conveyance and/or automobile adaptive equipment, as well as service connection for thoracic syrinx with reflexive sympathetic dystrophy and status post-surgical repair syringomyelia with degenerative changes of cervical spine have also been withdrawn and are dismissed. The appeal concerning service connection for a right-hand disability is remanded. The appeal concerning service connection for a right arm disability is remanded. The appeal concerning service connection for a left ankle disability is remanded. The appeal concerning entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding the higher initial disability rating for right hip arthritis, eligibility for financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or conveyance, and service connection for thoracic syrinx with reflexive sympathetic dystrophy and status post-surgical repair syringomyelia with degenerative changes of cervical spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Arthritis, Thoracic Syrinx with Reflexive Sympathetic Dystrophy, Status Post-Surgical Repair Syringomyelia with Degenerative Changes of Cervical Spine, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20058209
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip arthritis is service-connected as it began during his active service and has persisted since then.
- Granted
The Court found that the Veteran's pre-existing right hip condition was aggravated by service and progressed to arthritis, leading to a grant of service connection for the right hip disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right hip, shoulder, elbow, and low back disabilities, finding no evidence of in-service onset or relationship to active service.
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