The Veteran's claims for service connection for osteonecrosis, hypoxemia, and obesity (also claimed as due to PCOS) have been dismissed. The claim for service connection for amenorrhea (also claimed as due to PCOS), based on new and relevant evidence, has been reopened.,The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent disabling for bilateral pes planus with bilateral planar fasciitis is remanded. The Veteran's claim for service connection for amenorrhea (also claimed as due to PCOS) is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her claims for osteonecrosis, hypoxemia, and obesity (also claimed as due to PCOS), and the Board has no further jurisdiction in these matters.,New and relevant evidence has been received regarding amenorrhea (also claimed as due to PCOS). The claim is reopened based on this new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteonecrosis, Hypoxemia, Obesity (also claimed as due to PCOS), Amenorrhea (also claimed as due to PCOS)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2023
- Citation
- A23036645
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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