Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal of the issue regarding service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD with anxiety disorder as it was already adjudicated in April 2018.
The deciding factor: The appeal was previously adjudicated and there are no remaining questions of fact or law to be decided.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability other than PTSD with anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130914
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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