The Veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions have been withdrawn and are dismissed. Service connection has been granted for generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, but denied for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for pseudofolliculitis barbae, right lower extremity radiculopathy, right knee instability, and right patellofemoral pain syndrome. Service connection was granted on the basis of new evidence for generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, bilateral hearing loss, sciatic nerve (neck condition), left shoulder disability, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, left hip disability, right hip disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2026
- Citation
- A26039706
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for specially-adapted housing assistance and a special home adaptation grant was denied because he does not meet the criteria for either benefit based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
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