The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for an initial compensable rating for a scar of the cervical spine, leading to its dismissal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board could make a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- scar of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2024
- Citation
- 24016284
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 scar of the cervical spine is not found to have any disabling effects, and therefore does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7805.
- Denied
The decision denies additional attorney fees as a result of past due benefits awarded in the November 24, 2014 rating decision for service connection for PTSD, scar of the cervical spine, and tension headaches, along with grants of SMC-HB and TDIU.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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