Your claims for special monthly compensation for loss of use of the lower extremities and financial assistance for automobile and adaptive equipment have been dismissed as your benefits are already in effect.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative acknowledged that the claims were granted and requested withdrawal of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of the lower extremities, financial assistance for automobile and adaptive equipment
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20081273
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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