The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and all claims for increased ratings or entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability have been dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested the withdrawal of his appeal in its entirety prior to the Board's decision being promulgated.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Diabetes mellitus, type 2 with erectile dysfunction, Peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity, Chronic kidney disease stage III, Peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, femoral nerve, Peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity, femoral nerve, Peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, sciatic nerve, Peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2024
- Citation
- A24045911
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and an increased rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current disabilities to military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy in both upper extremities and the TDIU claim prior to July 12, 2011. The Veteran's disabilities alone did not render him unemployable at that time.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a determination on whether injuries sustained in a November 2001 incident were in the line of duty. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is also remanded due to its interdependence with the line of duty issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error in failing to obtain private treatment records from the Veteran's treating clinician.
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