The appellant withdrew his appeal for service connection for acute ischemic stroke, lacunar stroke with acoustic neuroma.
The deciding factor: The appellant requested withdrawal of his claim for service connection for the conditions listed.
- Claimed conditions
- acute ischemic stroke, lacunar stroke, acoustic neuroma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2024
- Citation
- A24086766
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a neurocognitive disorder and a lacunar stroke, but granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the neurocognitive disorder due to VA treatment.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 8, 2023, for the award of service connection for lacunar stroke and chronic kidney disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for an acute ischemic stroke to ensure a VA medical opinion is provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal includes claims for a higher disability rating for acoustic neuroma with bilateral hearing loss and an earlier effective date for the grant of a 30 percent disability rating. The Board has ordered remand due to missing VA treatment records that should have been added to the claims file.
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