The Veteran's appeal of an effective date prior to August 27, 2013, for the assignment of a 50 percent rating for depressive reaction is dismissed because she withdrew her claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeal through her representative in July 2021, indicating no longer wishing to pursue it.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22061944
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the cause of the Veteran's death and his psychiatric and heart conditions. The VA is required to obtain relevant medical records, including those from VA facilities and private doctors, and provide opinions on whether these conditions are related to service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, as his psychiatric disability does not impair his ability to work, and he is capable of performing sedentary or light physical activity.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for medical opinions regarding the cause of death.
- Denied
The veteran's death was due to Alzheimer's disease, which the VA physician found not related to his service-connected depressive disorder. The Board concluded that the veteran's depressive disorder did not cause or aggravate his Alzheimer's disease.
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