The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a thoracolumbar disability has been dismissed due to the withdrawal of his claim by his authorized representative.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal through his authorized representative on September 5, 2024.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2024
- Citation
- A24074205
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,092 · Granted: 42% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's cervical spine (neck) disability, left shoulder disability, and migraines are granted service connection. The thoracolumbar and bilateral elbow disabilities are remanded for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a cervical spine disability and thoracolumbar disability, as well as entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. §1318, for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for left ankle, right ankle, left foot, and right foot disabilities due to incomplete records. The thoracolumbar disability claim is denied as there is no clear and unmistakable evidence that it was aggravated during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for cervical and thoracolumbar spine disabilities for accrued benefits purposes due to inadequate opinions in the previous VA etiology opinion.
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