The Veteran's appeal for service connection for histrionic personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder due to military sexual trauma has been dismissed because the Veteran's representative withdrew their appeals prior to a decision being made.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative withdrew their appeals for histrionic personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder due to military sexual trauma before a decision was issued by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- histrionic personality disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder due to military sexual trauma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2023
- Citation
- 23062918
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including substance use disorder and PTSD due to military sexual trauma, is dismissed as the Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to service-connected disabilities, is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and consideration of additional evidence.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their passing away, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for histrionic personality disorder, PTSD due to military sexual trauma, bipolar disorder, and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for other specified anxiety disorder with symptoms of depression. The AOJ is instructed to request private treatment records from TCN in Xenia, develop a claim for TDIU, issue a statement of the case regarding the earlier effective date for service connection, and readjudicate the issues considering all evidence added since the June 2018 statement of the case.
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