The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection and initial rating of various conditions, effective June 16, 2025.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a written statement requesting the withdrawal of all pending claims due to satisfaction with his 100% rating from January 16, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- lump in the left breast, left posterior forearm mass, eczema with pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) and dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087286
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,036 · Granted: 27% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims due to the Veteran's death during the appeal process.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal involves multiple conditions and disabilities, including numbness and tingling of the hands and feet, heart palpitations, right hip disability, high cholesterol, allergies, stress fractures, left knee disability, papillary necrosis, temporomandibular joint disorder, a lump on the cheek, right ankle disability, pelvic pain, fecal incontinence, urinary incontinence, hernia of the abdominal wall, and hemorrhoids. The appeal is being remanded for further action.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a lump in his left breast and increased evaluations for his knee disabilities. The evidence did not support the presence of a current lump in the left breast, nor was there sufficient medical evidence to establish that any current knee disability is related to military service.
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