The Veteran's representative has withdrawn the claims for an increased rating for residuals of a colon hemorrhage and surgery, as well as the revision of his initial disability rating for pernicious anemia. As a result, these claims are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative requested withdrawal of all claims in writing on November 7, 2024.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a colon hemorrhage and surgery, pernicious anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2024
- Citation
- A24073978
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and pernicious anemia, and the Board dismissed both appeals.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pernicious anemia, finding no evidence of a nexus between the condition and his active-duty service or his service-connected normocytic normochromic anemia.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for pernicious anemia, finding that the Veteran's condition was incurred in or caused by active-duty service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for not timely submitting a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year from the date of the mailing of an adverse decision.
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