The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for right and left lower extremity numbness and tingling secondary to the service-connected thoracolumbar spine disc disease because the appellant requested withdrawal of these appeals.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew his appeals through his authorized representative before the decision was promulgated.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity numbness and tingling, left lower extremity numbness and tingling
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2021
- Citation
- 21039982
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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