The Board dismissed all pending appeals due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew all his pending appeals and hearings requests, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder condition, skin condition (to include secondary to herbicide exposure), left foot injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21006067
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn all pending appeals, including those related to service connection for various conditions and a rating for migraines and erectile dysfunction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found new and relevant evidence to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, a bilateral shoulder condition, a bilateral leg condition, a neck condition, and a keloid condition. These claims are remanded for further adjudication by the AOJ.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for sinusitis is denied. The Veteran's claim for an initial 10 percent disability rating for service-connected allergic rhinitis is granted. The Veteran's claim for a bilateral shoulder condition remains pending and will be remanded.
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