The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant requested to withdraw their appeal prior to a decision being made.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew their appeal before a decision could be made.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of the hands
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20065940
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the hands due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous directives and the need for an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's neuropathy is proximately due to or aggravated by service-connected ischemic heart disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous directives and an error in the definition used for aggravation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate medical opinions and the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and determining if the Veteran served in the territorial sea of Vietnam.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn due to his request for withdrawal of the appeal.
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