The appeal for service connection for a mental illness to establish eligibility for treatment under 38 U.S.C. § 1702 is dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. The appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for right rotator cuff tendonitis with moderate impingement is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's mental illness claim was granted, making the original service connection issue moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Mental Illness, Right Rotator Cuff Tendonitis with Moderate Impingement
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20080930
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran was insane at the time of his misconduct and thus not subject to a bar on VA benefits due to dishonorable discharge. The character of the Appellant's discharge from service is also found not to be a bar to payment of VA benefits.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The case is now remanded for further development, including a VA examination.
- Granted
The Board found that the appellant's character of discharge is a bar to VA benefits, other than health care under Chapter 17, Title 38, United States Code due to his willful and persistent misconduct.
- Denied
The Veteran's current psychiatric disorder, including mental illness, paranoia, and depression, was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service. The Board found no evidence linking the Veteran's current condition to his period of service.
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