The Veteran withdrew his appeals for unspecified blood disorder and peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, which were dismissed as a result.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeals due to satisfaction with the recent grant of a 100 percent schedular rating for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified blood disorder, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2022
- Citation
- 22067824
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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