Your claims for service connection for cervical spine fracture and fractured ribs have been granted by the RO, so these issues are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the case is moot as the service connection claim has already been decided and granted.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine fracture, fractured ribs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20071329
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for fractured ribs has been denied, and her claim for a higher rating for right shoulder disability is remanded due to inadequate examination findings.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses related to her treatment at Vanamburg Surgery Care on October 16, 2012 has been dismissed because the Veteran withdrew her request for a hearing and her appeal. The Board found that she was reimbursed for the expenses.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residuals of fractured ribs was denied as there is no evidence of removal or resection of ribs without regeneration.,A 10 percent disability rating for the service-connected fracture of the right fifth finger was granted due to pain and functional loss, but not amputation or equivalent thereof.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for the service-connected right thoracic muscle group XXI injury was denied as there is no evidence of moderate or severe impairment.
- Granted
The Veteran's cervical spine disability is rated at 30 percent, and he is granted service connection for headaches as an objective neurologic abnormality associated with his cervical spine disability. The issue of TDIU is referred to the AOJ.
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