The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the issues of increased ratings for pseudofolliculitis (PFB), bilateral plantar fascitis, and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative submitted a statement withdrawing all remaining claims on appeal before the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis (PFB), bilateral plantar fascitis, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22005819
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
Service connection is granted for dry eye syndrome, photophobia, and right knee PFPS. Service connection for right shoulder strain and left shoulder strain is remanded.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals because his requests to appeal were not timely filed, and he did not provide good cause for the delay.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to May 2, 2014.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 20 percent for right and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) limitation of flexion, effective September 19, 2019.
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