The Veteran withdrew their appeal regarding the issue of entitlement to service connection for an altered gait.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested and withdrew their appeal for this specific condition.
- Claimed conditions
- altered gait
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2026
- Citation
- A26010662
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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