The Board's decision is vacated due to the Veteran withdrawing her appeal under the Legacy Appeal system and opting into the AMA review system, resulting in the withdrawal of the original appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for restless leg syndrome and increased ratings for fibromyalgia, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a cervical spine disability, a thoracolumbar spine disability, and hypothyroidism status post right hemithyroidectomy under the Legacy Appeal system by opting into the AMA review system.
- Claimed conditions
- restless leg syndrome, fibromyalgia, acquired psychiatric disorder, cervical spine disability, thoracolumbar spine disability, hypothyroidism status post right hemithyroidectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24034639
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the claims of service connection for cervical spine and skin rash disabilities, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to active military service.
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