The Veteran's claims for service connection for a right eye disability and total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) have been dismissed. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for a knee disability and chest/congestion disability, to include chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, due to asbestos exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his claims for right eye disability and TDIU during the May 2022 hearing. The Board found that the Veteran's chest/congestion disability is related to asbestos exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye disability, knee disability, chest/congestion disability (chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23059547
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. §1151 for various disabilities due to treatment at a VAMC in April 2007, finding no evidence of additional disability caused by carelessness or negligence on VA's part.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a bladder/bowel control disability and testicular disability as they were already granted. The claim for exposure to burn pits and toxic equipment fires was denied, while other claims were remanded for further consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability and knee disability due to missing service records.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for gallstones, left eye disability, right eye disability, sinusitis, asbestos exposure, GERD, back disability, neck disability, and right ear hearing loss. The claims for left ear hearing loss, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea were remanded.
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