The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for oral cancer and a mandibular nerve disability, and these claims are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a written statement requesting to withdraw the appeal before the Board promulgated a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- oral cancer, mandibular nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24071233
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 29, 2022 for the grant of service connection for oral cancer based on exposure to contaminated water during service in Camp LeJeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for oral cancer and the Veteran's cause of death to obtain a new medical opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's oral cancer, including whether it is related to his in-service actinomycosis infection or his service-connected right lower jaw scar.
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