The appeal seeking service connection for dizziness is dismissed. The Board has also remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disability and residuals of a low blood sugar disability due to insufficient evidence or inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for dizziness during the March 2022 Board hearing, leaving no issues remaining for consideration by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (unspecified depressive disorder), Low blood sugar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24000268
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 910 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 granted service connection for bladder cancer, diabetes mellitus, type 2, and an acquired psychiatric disability (unspecified depressive disorder), but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including leg cramps, diarrhea, erectile dysfunction, a condition manifested by dry mouth, low blood sugar, and fatigue, all secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for low blood sugar, vision disorder, hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, numbness in the bilateral hands, and numbness in the bilateral legs, thighs, and feet due to outstanding evidence needed.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that there is no evidence to support a nexus between his current condition and military service.
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