The appeal for service connection for right bicipital tendonitis was withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed due to a withdrawal request from the Veteran's authorized representative.
- Claimed conditions
- right bicipital tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25029947
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,886 · Granted: 24% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for cervical strain, lumbosacral strain, and right bicipital tendonitis as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or related to the Veteran's active military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings on his service-connected back conditions and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy was denied. The issue of TDIU, which was raised as part of the appeal, was also not addressed in the July 2023 HLR decision. In March 2024, a rating decision granted TDIU effective October 3, 2023.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, and now requires a VA medical opinion to assess whether the current right bicep condition is related to active service or service-connected conditions.
- Dismissed
The veteran's lumbar spine, left knee, right knee, right fibula, and right foot disabilities are all rated at the maximum allowed under VA disability rating criteria.,The veteran's left bicipital tendonitis and right bicipital tendonitis have also been rated at their maximum allowable levels.
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