The appeal of service connection for a residual scar, status-post laceration, head injury is dismissed. The claims for service connection for vein disorders of the bilateral legs, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and migraines including migraine variants are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested withdrawal of the appeal regarding the residual scar, status-post laceration, head injury issue prior to a decision being made.
- Claimed conditions
- residual scar, status-post laceration, head injury, vein disorder of the right leg, vein disorder of the left leg, traumatic brain injury (TBI), migraines including migraine variants
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20080247
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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