The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this appeal.
The deciding factor: The withdrawal of the appeal by the Veteran was requested on May 9, 2024, before the promulgation of a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- back disorder, left ankle disorder, left shoulder disorder, left wrist disorder, migraine headaches, neck disorder, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right shoulder disorder, right elbow disorder, right wrist disorder, diabetes mellitus, tinea pedis, left foot disorder, left lower extremity neuropathy, left upper extremity neuropathy, right ankle disorder, right foot disorder, right lower extremity neuropathy, right upper extremity neuropathy, pes planus, left elbow disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012131
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 703 · Granted: 47% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
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