The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for lumbar spine DDD and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed as the AOJ granted service connection for the psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal, leading to a full grant of service connection for the psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2020
- Citation
- A20016540
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Granted
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