The Veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and a bilateral shoulder disability, have been withdrawn.,Service connection has been granted for acromegaly secondary to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the claims of service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and a bilateral shoulder disability. Service connection was established for acromegaly due to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral shoulder disability, acromegaly, chronic kidney disease, mild cognitive functional impairment with white matter ischemia disease and poor sleep, migraine headaches, fatty liver infiltration, brain or pituitary tumor and residuals thereof, bilateral eye disease, hypertension, joint disease, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), lumbar spine disability, cardiomyopathy, frontal lobe injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21073582
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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