The appeal of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is dismissed. The issue of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with Anxious Distress Features and Psychotic Features, and secondary Polysubstance Use Disorder in Sustained Remission, is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeal of tinnitus was dismissed due to the concurrent election of review under a different lane. The psychiatric disorder issue remains pending for further adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- MDD with Anxious Distress Features, Psychotic Features, Polysubstance Use Disorder in Sustained Remission
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24024477
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's initial 70 percent rating for PTSD with MDD and psychotic features is granted for the period prior to May 6, 2020.,A higher initial rating of over 70 percent for PTSD with MDD and psychotic features from May 6, 2020, is denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and TDIU due to lack of evidence showing the onset or aggravation of such condition during active service.
- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as PTSD with major depressive disorder and cannabis use disorder in remission, has been granted a 70 percent rating from October 12, 2011 to February 20, 2015.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder with psychotic features. The evidence submitted since the January 1999 rating decision is considered new and material.
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