The appeal for a higher rating for chronic esophagitis was dismissed because the veteran withdrew it.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested and validly withdrew the appeal before a decision was made.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25000698
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 766 · Granted: 40% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected chronic esophagitis, GERD, and hiatal hernia is rated at a 30 percent disability rating since the award of service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for hiatal hernia, chronic esophagitis, and gastritis (claimed as mouth ulcerations and esophagus ulcerations) because no new and material evidence was submitted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination, which did not consider all relevant evidence of record and may be based on an inaccurate factual premise. The Veteran's gastrointestinal symptoms are alleged to have started shortly after service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for chronic esophagitis, GERD, and a hiatal hernia is remanded due to the need for a new examination as seven years have passed since his last examination.
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