The Veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions, including lumbar spine, migraine headache, left shoulder and neck, hiatal hernia without reflux also claimed as upper hernia, and lower hernia disabilities have been dismissed. The appeal of the glaucoma issue is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding these issues after being advised of the consequences of such an action at a hearing before the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- minimal degenerative changes, lumbar spine, migraine headache disability, left shoulder and neck disability, hiatal hernia without reflux also claimed as upper hernia, lower hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22010275
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete military records indicating unaccounted-for overseas deployments. The AOJ is instructed to make efforts to acquire additional military records and determine the full scope of the Veteran's active military service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of a mental disorder, sleep apnea, and migraine headache disability due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD).
- Granted
The Veteran's depression and migraine headaches are granted service connection, but sleep apnea is denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim was granted effective December 11, 2019, due to her service-connected disabilities causing her unemployability since at least that date.
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