The Veteran withdrew all remaining issues associated with this appeal, including service connection for loss of balance and increased ratings for various psychiatric and physical disabilities. The appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran explicitly withdrew the appeals in a July 2021 Appeals Satisfaction Notice.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of balance, generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, surgical scars through lower lip, mid neck to the suprasternal notch of the manubrium, and right lateral neck, cervical spine degenerative arthritis and spinal stenosis status post multiple discectomies and fusion with residuals, headache syndrome, left hip osteoarthritis with avascular necrosis (flexion), left hip osteoarthritis with avascular necrosis (limitation), obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21073540
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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