The Board has dismissed the claim of service connection for passive aggressive personality disorder as requested by the appellant's authorized attorney.
The deciding factor: The appellant, through his authorized attorney, withdrew the issue of service connection for passive aggressive personality disorder before the decision was finalized.
- Claimed conditions
- Passive aggressive personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2023
- Citation
- A23036139
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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