Your appeal for service connection for bladder or bowel disability has been dismissed because you withdrew your appeal under the legacy appeals system and opted into the modernized review system.
The deciding factor: The Veteran elected to participate in the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) by filing a VA Form 20-0996 Decision Review Request, Higher Level Review, before the appeal was re-activated at the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder, Bowel
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23018115
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bladder and GERD disabilities are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors, including the need for VA examinations and additional medical records.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD and bladder was denied in 2008. The effective date has been changed to December 2, 2004, based on new evidence confirming the stressor.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current disability related to bladder and urinary problems, thus denying her claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board found that VA did not fail to diagnose or treat the appellant's bladder cancer in a timely manner, and thus compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for removal of prostate, bladder, and partial removal of urethra is denied.
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