The Board has dismissed all the issues of appeal, including service connection for hypertension and thermoregulation associated with sarcoidosis due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal prior to the promulgation of a decision.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew their appeal before the Board could make a determination on any of the issues.
- Claimed conditions
- sarcoidosis, ocular oveitis and glaucoma with right eye blindness, voiding dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right sciatic nerve, peripheral neuropathy of the left sciatic nerve, peripheral neuropathy of the right femoral nerve, peripheral neuropathy of the left femoral nerve, fecal incontinence and constipation, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20063208
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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