The appeal for service connection of a psychiatric disorder is dismissed. The remaining issues related to left knee, right knee, left wrist, right wrist, lumbar spine, left foot, and right foot disorders are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection of the psychiatric disorder was resolved in favor of the Veteran with the grant of a rating decision in July 2020. As such, there is no longer an issue to be decided regarding this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disorder, Left knee disorder, Right knee disorder, Left wrist disorder, Right wrist disorder, Lumbar spine disorder, Left foot disorder, Right foot disorder, Sciatica of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20078718
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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