The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of his acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD with alcohol abuse, have been dismissed as he has withdrawn the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to the Board's decision being promulgated.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with alcohol abuse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126439
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Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an effective date of December 8, 2010, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating for PTSD with alcohol abuse and service connection for essential tremors to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent evaluation for PTSD with alcohol abuse from May 19, 2011 to June 17, 2012 and a 70 percent evaluation from July 21, 2015 to the present. The evaluations in excess of 50 percent were denied.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all issues, and the Board dismissed the case.
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