The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, right hip disability, and left hip disability as the claims were fully resolved by a grant of service connection in rating decisions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative withdrew all increased rating claims for the period on appeal beginning May 18, 2023, and the Board lacks jurisdiction to review these matters.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Right hip disability, Left hip disability, Left knee disability (for limitation of flexion), Back disability, Left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24032006
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 20 percent for right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy but remanded the back disability claim for further development.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an effective date of July 31, 2012, for TDIU and October 22, 2012, for service connection of left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a causal relationship between the condition and an in-service incident of military sexual trauma (MST).
- Denied
The appeal for higher ratings and effective dates for various conditions was denied, with the exception of left and right lower extremity radiculopathy which were granted an earlier effective date.
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