The appeal pertaining to the issues of recurrent ingrown toenails and an effective date prior to July 7, 2017, for Ewing's sarcoma has been dismissed. The appeals for a lumbosacral strain and tension headaches are being remanded.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew her appeals for recurrent ingrown toenails and the effective date of service connection for Ewing's sarcoma prior to the promulgation of a decision by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent ingrown toenails, Ewing's sarcoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2021
- Citation
- 21070403
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 claim for service connection for recurrent ingrown toenails to obtain a VA examination due to insufficient medical evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking TDIU for the period prior to February 16, 2010. The Board has found that further development is necessary due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking service connection for recurrent ingrown toenails, a rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain, and an earlier effective date prior to July 7, 2017 for the grant of service connection for Ewing’s sarcoma is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Granted
The Veteran's Ewing's sarcoma has been fully resolved and is no longer considered a service-connected condition, as evidenced by the reduction in his disability rating from 100% to 0%. The effective date of this change was January 1, 2012.
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