Citation Nr: 18139928
Decision Date: 10/01/18	Archive Date: 10/01/18

DOCKET NO. 17-67 965
DATE:	October 1, 2018
ORDER
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for Meniere's Syndrome is dismissed.
FINDING OF FACT
During the September 2018 hearing, the Veteran explicitly and unambiguously withdrew his appeal of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for Meniere’s Syndrome with full understanding of the consequences of such action.
CONCLUSION OF LAW
The criteria for withdrawal of the appeal for entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for Meniere’s Syndrome have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105 (2012); 38 C.F.R. § 20.204 (2017).
REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION
The Veteran served on active duty from December 1965 to September 1967.  
This matter comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) on appeal from a September 2015 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Los Angeles, California.
In September 2018, the Veteran was afforded a videoconference hearing before the undersigned.
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for Meniere’s Syndrome is dismissed.
During his September 2018 Board hearing, the Veteran explicitly and unambiguously withdrew his appeal of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for Meniere’s Syndrome with full understanding of the consequences of such action. The Board finds that there remain no allegations of errors of fact or law for appellate consideration with respect to this issue. Accordingly, as the Board has no further jurisdiction to review an appeal on this matter, it is dismissed. 

 
E. I. VELEZ
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	Department of Veterans Affairs