The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals regarding service connection for bilateral arm numbness, bilateral leg numbness, an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with bipolar disorder, and an initial compensable rating for TBI with mild headaches. The decision is based on the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal prior to the promulgation of a decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals through his authorized representative in August 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral arm numbness, bilateral leg numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2023
- Citation
- A23032880
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a left shoulder disorder, low back disorder, and bilateral leg numbness. The Veteran's symptoms are found to be related to his active-duty service.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral arm numbness is related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a neck disorder, hair loss, PTSD, bilateral foot disorder, bilateral arm numbness, and restless body syndrome due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an eating disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, dizziness, and bilateral leg numbness as there was no evidence of a present disability or sufficient evidence that the Veteran suffers from such conditions.
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