The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for status post total right and left knee arthroplasty.
The deciding factor: The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran through his representative before the Board promulgated a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- status post total right knee arthroplasty, status post total left knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25023569
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Board granted increased disability ratings of 60 percent for the Veteran's status post total left knee replacement and status post total right knee arthroplasty, effective February 1, 2023.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for the service-connected left and right knee disabilities, as well as the issues of entitlement to a TDIU due to service-connected disability and special monthly compensation (SMC), to include based on the regular need for the aid and attendance of another person or on account of being housebound.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 60 percent for the Veteran's total right knee replacement from August 1, 2021, but granted a TDIU effective August 1, 2021.
- Partly granted
The veteran's appeal for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) was granted from September 29, 2009. The issue of TDIU prior to this date was remanded for extraschedular consideration.
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