Your appeal for an increased evaluation for service-connected bladder outlet obstruction has been dismissed as you have withdrawn your appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal in writing, indicating satisfaction with the decision and wishing to withdraw all remaining issues associated with his appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder outlet obstruction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2020
- Citation
- 20059764
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension was granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability. The Veteran's bladder outlet obstruction and headaches were both remanded for further review.
- Granted
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