The Veteran's claims for prostate and urinary disabilities have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeals. The Board has remanded cases involving left knee, right knee, gallbladder, obstructive sleep apnea, and bilateral blepharitis disabilities due to service in Southwest Asia or secondary to other service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his claims for prostate and urinary disabilities prior to the decision being made. The Board has remanded cases involving left knee, right knee, gallbladder, obstructive sleep apnea, and bilateral blepharitis due to in-service exposure to fine particulate matter (TERA).
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate Disability, Urinary Disability, Left Knee Disability, Right Knee Disability, Gallbladder Disability (including Cholelithiasis), Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Bilateral Blepharitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2024
- Citation
- 24016199
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities are rated at 10% each, and the Board finds that higher ratings are not warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are not related to his active service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disability, finding that there is no evidence to support an etiological relationship between his current condition and his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board finds no evidence of clear and unmistakable error in assigning an effective date of June 19, 2002.
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