The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals to prevent the severance of service connection for Charcot Marie Tooth affecting various nerves in different extremities.
The deciding factor: The proposed severance was not a final decision and thus could not be appealed.
- Claimed conditions
- Charcot Marie Tooth, right lower extremity, femoral nerve, Charcot Marie Tooth, left lower extremity, femoral nerve, Charcot Marie Tooth, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve, Charcot Marie Tooth, left lower extremity, sciatic nerve, Charcot Marie Tooth, left upper extremity nerves, Charcot Marie Tooth, right upper extremity nerves
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069475
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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