Your claim for service connection for left thigh muscle atrophy, claimed also as left leg injury, has been granted and you are now receiving VA benefits. The matter is dismissed because the issue was already resolved in your favor.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was previously granted by an August 2019 rating decision, which means there is no longer a case or controversy for the Board to adjudicate.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh muscle atrophy, left leg injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20066676
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 claims of service connection for a lower back condition and left thigh muscle atrophy due to insufficient evidence in the record. The Veteran's lay statements, service treatment records, and articles are considered in making this determination.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a respiratory condition, otitis externa, gastroenteritis, a sleeping disorder, and a left leg injury as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Denied
The Board has denied reopening and granting service connection for a left leg injury and contusions of the face and chest, as new evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a left leg injury, finding that the evidence did not support a nexus between current left leg problems and an in-service injury.
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