The Veteran withdrew all appeals except for the issue of a compensable rating for hypothyroidism, which has already been addressed in another appeal stream.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeals except for the issue of a compensable rating for hypothyroidism, and this request was accepted by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- actinic keratosis of the head, neck, and face, lung carcinoma status post left lower lobectomy, painful actinic keratosis, actinic keratosis of the anterior trunk, 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
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066695
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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