The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of prostate enlargement as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder and related conditions.
The deciding factor: The appeal was withdrawn by the appellant prior to the Board's promulgation of a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate enlargement
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25050115
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Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error and additional VA medical opinions are needed regarding the Veteran's service connection claims.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal as he died during its pendency.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient development and lack of medical opinions addressing the Veteran's conditions. The issues include prostate enlargement, bilateral hearing loss, skin disorder, hypertension (secondary to PTSD), and TDIU prior to December 15, 2011.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several service connection claims, including for cirrhosis of the liver, GERD, prostate enlargement, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine (neck condition), and bilateral upper extremity neuropathy. The TDIU claim is also remanded.
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