The Veteran's representative withdrew all pending disability compensation claims and appeals, including those related to various conditions such as posterior fossa tumor ependymoma, left wrist neuropathy, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, depressive disorder (combined with neurocognitive disorder), light-headedness, dizziness and/or vertigo, headaches, ankle sprains, scars of the head, cognitive disorder, voiding dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy. The appeal is dismissed as a result.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative withdrew all pending disability compensation claims and appeals in an August 2023 written statement.
- Claimed conditions
- posterior fossa tumor ependymoma, left wrist neuropathy, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, depressive disorder (combined with neurocognitive disorder), light-headedness, dizziness and/or vertigo, headaches, left ankle sprain, right ankle sprain, service-connected surgical scars of the head, painful/tender scar of the head associated with surgical scars of the head, laceration scars of the left wrist/palm, cognitive disorder, voiding dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2023
- Citation
- 23048258
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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