Your service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, has already been granted in a previous rating decision. The Veteran's appeal is dismissed as there are no remaining issues or errors of fact/law to consider.
The deciding factor: The August 2021 rating decision granted the Veteran's claim and assigned a 100% rating for major depressive disorder effective December 21, 2012. The Veteran's representative contends that this appeal has been resolved and should be dismissed by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22030455
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Remanded (sent back)
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