The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a left knee disability is dismissed as he withdrew his appeal prior to the Board making a decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board could make a determination on the issue of service connection for a left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee status post total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2026
- Citation
- A26035423
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 claims for service connection for left and right knee status post total knee replacements due to potential secondary effects from service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and traumatic brain injury.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for her bilateral hip strains and right hip strain with painful flexion, but granted a rating of 10 percent from September 16, 2015, to March 1, 2019, and 60 percent from March 1, 2019, to present, for her left knee status post total knee replacement.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased disability ratings in excess of 60 percent, 10 percent, and 20 percent for left knee status post total knee replacement, right knee status post meniscectomy with arthritis, and right knee arthritis with limited extension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for right knee, left knee, and cervical spine disorders due to a motor vehicle accident in 1971. The case is returned for further development.
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