The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeals for the initial compensable rating, a rating in excess of 60 percent, and a 10 percent rating for multiple non-compensable service connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals through his representative's signed statement on August 13, 2024.
- Claimed conditions
- cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma (CTCL), mycosis fungoides
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- 25000159
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 926 · Granted: 33% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 is granted an effective date of September 1, 2023, for the 100 percent disability rating of lymphomatoid papulosis, to include mycosis fungoides, and painful scarring (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for mycosis fungoides and a thyroid disability due to a duty to assist error. A VA examination is required to determine if these conditions are related to active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of January 12, 2018, for the grant of service connection for mycosis fungoides. The earliest indication of diagnosis was on that date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, sleep apnea, and mycosis fungoides due to insufficient evidence regarding herbicide exposure at Camp A.P. Hill.
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