The appeal for a higher disability rating for reactive airway disease with shortness of breath was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board dismissed the appeal because the veteran requested withdrawal before a decision was made.
- Claimed conditions
- reactive airway disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25000474
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,592 · Granted: 19% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for asthma and sleep apnea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran is not entitled to service connection for reactive airway disease.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for reactive airway disease has been fully granted, and the appeal is dismissed as there are no unresolved issues.
- Dismissed
The appeals seeking service connection for various conditions are dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his requests through his authorized representative.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for reactive airway disease was dismissed due to the Veteran's request for withdrawal. The Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee tendinosis and ganglion cyst was granted.
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