The Board dismissed the appeal for a compensable rating for herpes labialis as the appellant requested to withdraw the appeal prior to the issuance of a decision.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew their appeal before the Board could make a determination.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes labialis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2024
- Citation
- A24074880
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to service-connected hemorrhoids and herpes labialis, had its onset in service. The claim for a compensable rating for service-connected herpes labialis is remanded.
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