The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome in both upper extremities.
The deciding factor: The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran prior to the promulgation of a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome, right upper extremity, Carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055255
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 915 · Granted: 38% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 the veteran's claims for increased ratings for carpal tunnel syndrome, bulimia, and lumbosacral strain.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between any of them and the Veteran's active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including carpal tunnel syndrome and a cervical spine disability, due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder as untimely, and the Veteran withdrew her claims for carpal tunnel syndrome in both upper extremities.
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