The Veteran requested to withdraw her appeal for a higher disability rating for her feeding or eating disorder, which was granted by the RO in December 2016. The Board has now dismissed this issue as withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeal through a written statement requesting withdrawal of her claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for other specified feeding or eating disorder, to include bulimia with anorexia.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified feeding or eating disorder, bulimia with anorexia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24009591
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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