Citation Nr: 18139840
Decision Date: 10/01/18	Archive Date: 10/01/18

DOCKET NO. 15-09 153
DATE:	October 1, 2018
ORDER
The appeals are dismissed.
FINDING OF FACT
In August 2018, prior to the promulgation of a decision in the appeal, the appellant submitted a written request to withdraw all pending appeals.
CONCLUSION OF LAW
The criteria for withdrawal of an appeal by the appellant have been met.  38 U.S.C. §§ 7105, 7108 (2012); 38 C.F.R. §§ 20.200, 20.202, 20.204 (2018).
REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION
The Veteran had active service in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) from July 1969 to June 1972. 

This matter comes to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from a February 2010 rating decision issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Atlanta, Georgia. 
An appeal consists of a timely filed notice of disagreement in writing, and after a statement of the case has been furnished, a timely filed substantive appeal.  38 U.S.C. § 7105(a) (2012); 38 C.F.R. § 20.200 (2018).  A substantive appeal may be withdrawn in writing by an appellant or authorized representative at any time before the Board promulgates a decision.  38 C.F.R. § 20.204(b) (2018).  Except for appeals withdrawn on the record at a hearing, appeal withdrawals must be in writing.
In the present case, in August 2018, the Veteran, through his representative, submitted a statement in which he withdrew all pending appeals.  As the Veteran has withdrawn the substantive appeals, the Board does not have jurisdiction to decide the appeals.  Therefore, the appeals must be dismissed.  38 C.F.R. § 20.204 (2018).
 
Kristin Haddock
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	Mariah N. Sim, Associate Counsel