The Board dismissed the appeals regarding service connection for traumatic brain injury and mild neurocognitive disorder due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew his appeal through his authorized representative prior to the decision being promulgated.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, traumatic brain injury, mild neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2023
- Citation
- 23005879
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected mild neurocognitive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder, somatic symptoms disorder with predominant pain, and TBI but remanded other issues.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 20, 2022, for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disorder.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a mild neurocognitive disorder is dismissed because the Veteran has been granted this benefit.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, PTSD, traumatic brain injury residuals, and bilateral eye condition due to traumatic brain injury. The claims are now remanded for further development.
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