The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings of 10 percent and 20 percent for right knee and shoulder disabilities, respectively. As a result, the claims are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal through his representative in December 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral syndrome, right knee, right shoulder surgical repair residuals with tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21029633
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board remands the Veteran's claim for revision of a March 2005 rating decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) regarding the effective date of service connection for patellofemoral syndrome, right knee and left knee.
- Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death prior to promulgation of a decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for patellofemoral syndrome of the right and left knees are remanded due to inadequate examinations. A new VA examination is needed to assess the current severity of these disabilities.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not due to his service-connected conditions, and the cause of death (end stage renal disease) is not related to his service. The criteria for DIC benefits were not met.
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