The Veteran has withdrawn her appeals regarding the issues of increased rating for folliculitis, service connection for partial use left side of body, mental disability (mood swings), hearing loss in the left ear, and degenerative arthritis with meniscal tear, right knee. The appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeals before the Board could make a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- folliculitis with follicular prominence of face, back, and chest, chronic disability to account for partial use left side of body, chronic mental disability (claimed as mood swings), hearing loss left ear, degenerative arthritis with meniscal tear, right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22071368
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for hearing loss in the left ear and testicular torsion were dismissed as he requested withdrawal of these appeals.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or adaptive equipment, as none of his disabilities qualify under the specific eligibility requirements.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for hearing loss in the left ear and tinnitus due to a lack of an addendum opinion addressing whether these conditions are related to noise exposure during active duty. The examiner is asked to provide an opinion on this issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for new examinations to assess his service-connected disabilities.
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