The Veteran withdrew all his pending claims before the Board and canceled the February 4, 2022 hearing. As a result, all issues are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw all his appeals in writing and indicated that he no longer wished to pursue any claim further with the Board or VA.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease (CAD) with multiple stent placements, unspecified mood disorder, diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction, diabetic peripheral neuropathy left upper extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy right upper extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy right lower extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22000870
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Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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- Denied
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