The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for a stomach condition and a colon condition, and the Board dismisses the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew the appeal on January 25, 2023, as indicated in the January 2023 Report of General Information.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach condition, colon condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- 24032708
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 a stomach condition, as it is caused and/or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including right knee, left knee, low back, neck, and right hip disabilities, as well as bilateral hearing loss. The claims were denied due to the lack of evidence suggesting current disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left upper hand tremors, right upper hand tremors, a stomach condition, and a sleep condition as they are not related to the Veteran's service or any service-connected disability.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.
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