Citation Nr: 18160298
Decision Date: 12/26/18	Archive Date: 12/26/18

DOCKET NO. 11-03 837
DATE:	December 26, 2018
ORDER
Entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability, to include degenerative joint disease and medial meniscus tear is dismissed.
Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability is dismissed.
Entitlement to service connection for a right hip disability is dismissed.
Entitlement to service connection for a left hip disability is dismissed.
FINDING OF FACT
On November 1, 2018, prior to the promulgation of a decision in the appeal, the Board received notification from the Veteran to withdraw the appeal for the issues of service connection for a left knee disability, to include degenerative joint disease and medial meniscus tear, a right knee disability, a right hip disability, and a left hip disability.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The criteria for withdrawal of a substantive appeal for the claim of service connection for a left knee disability, to include degenerative joint disease and medial meniscus tear have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105 (2012); 38 C.F.R. § 20.204 (2018).
2. The criteria for withdrawal of a substantive appeal for the claim of service connection for a right knee disability have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105 (2012); 38 C.F.R. § 20.204 (2018).
3. The criteria for withdrawal of a substantive appeal for the claim of service connection for a right hip disability have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105 (2012); 38 C.F.R. § 20.204 (2018).
4. The criteria for withdrawal of a substantive appeal for the claim of service connection for a left hip disability have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105 (2012); 38 C.F.R. § 20.204 (2018).
REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
The Veteran, who is the appellant in this case, had service from August 1961 to August 1964.

In April 2013, the Veteran testified at a videoconference hearing held before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge.  A transcript of the hearing is associated with the claims file.
Withdrawal of Claims
On November 1, 2018, VA received written correspondence from the Veteran that expressed his desire to withdraw the appeal for claims of service connection for disabilities of the left knee, right knee, right hip, and left hip.  VA regulations provide for the withdrawal of an appeal to the Board when submitted in writing or expressed verbally at a Board hearing, and can occur at any time before the Board promulgates a final decision on the matter in question.  See 38 C.F.R. § 20.204(b); Hanson v. Brown, 9 Vet. App. 29, 31 (1996).
When pending appeals are withdrawn, there is no longer an allegation of error of fact or law with respect to the determinations that had been previously appealed.  Consequently, in such an instance, dismissal of the pending appeal for the aforementioned service connection claims is appropriate.  See 38 U.S.C. § 7105(d).  Accordingly, further action by the Board on these claims is not appropriate and the Veteran’s appeal on these issues is dismissed.  Id.
 
H. SEESEL
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	R. Connally, Counsel