Citation Nr: 18143726
Decision Date: 10/23/18	Archive Date: 10/19/18

DOCKET NO. 15-23 137A
DATE:	October 23, 2018
ORDER
Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is dismissed.
FINDING OF FACT
The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal seeking entitlement to a TDIU.
CONCLUSION OF LAW
The criteria for withdrawal of a Substantive Appeal by the Veteran as to the issue of entitlement to a TDIU have been met.  
REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION
The Veteran had active service from October 1978 to December 1994.
1. Withdrawal
Entitlement to service connection for narcolepsy was first denied in a January 2013 rating decision.  See rating decision, January 2013.  The Veteran perfected his appeal with regard to the above issue in a July 2015 VA Form 9.  See VA Form 9, July 2015. 
In an October 2016 written communication, the Veteran stated that he wished to withdraw the issue of entitlement to a TDIU, stating “Please withdraw my appeal for the issue of I/U.”  See Veteran statement, October 2016.  The withdrawal was effective immediately upon receipt by VA.  38 C.F.R. § 20.204 (b)(3) (2017).
The Board may dismiss any appeal which fails to allege specific error of fact or law in the determination being appealed.  38 U.S.C. § 7105 (2012).  An appeal may be withdrawn as to any or all issues involved in the appeal at any time before the Board promulgates a decision.  38 C.F.R. § 20.204 (2017).  The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal on the issue of entitlement to a TDIU.  The Board finds that the Veteran’s withdrawal is explicit, unambiguous, and done with a full understanding of the consequences of such action.  See DeLisio v. Shinseki, 25 Vet. App. 45, 57 (2011).  Thus, as there remains no allegation of error of fact or law for appellate consideration, the Board does not have jurisdiction to review the appeal as to the issue, and it is dismissed.
 
 YVETTE R. WHITE
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	A. Lech, Counsel