Dismissed
The veteran withdrew her appeal for increased rating of hemorrhoids and service connection for COPD/chronic bronchitis, thus the Board has no jurisdiction to review these claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran explicitly requested withdrawal of her current appeal in correspondence received by VA in July 2025.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhoids, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/chronic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25084969
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