I am new to a SharePoint deployment running Discussion Boards Feature Version 1.2.10. 

With Moderation Support Enabled, and a group assigned "Design" permission for the purpose of approvals, the users in this group do not see the checkboxes nor the approval links at the top of the list.  These users ARE able to approve/reject posts through the standard SharePoint views, they just can't do it through the DBF view since they don't see the items.  Only users in the FULL CONTROL group see the checkboxes/links.

Thanks for any help!