The veteran withdrew the appeal for higher ratings on all issues except hypothyroidism, which is currently under remand.
The deciding factor: The Veteran explicitly withdrew his appeals at the June 2024 Board hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- actinic keratosis of the head, neck, and face, lung carcinoma status post left lower lobectomy, painful actinic keratosis, actinic keratosis, skin cancer, to include basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the left upper, right upper, right lower, and left lower extremities and posterior trunk, TDIU, hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066695
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 service connection for a deviated septum and denied compensable ratings for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, hypothyroidism, and hypertension.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism, as it is presumptively linked to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected hypothyroidism and remanded the claim for service connection for lipomas (claimed as cysts surgery).
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism secondary to in-service toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) based on the Veteran's conceded in-service jet fuel fumes exposure.
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