The Board has denied service connection for alopecia areata and dismissed the appeal regarding service connection for an anxiety condition due to lack of evidence of current disability.
The deciding factor: There is no persuasive evidence of a current diagnosis or functional impairment related to the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- alopecia areata, anxiety condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24044370
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal prior to the Board making a decision.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for alopecia areata was dismissed because she submitted a request for Higher Level Review (HLR) before filing her Notice of Disagreement, which constitutes an impermissible concurrent election.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for an increased disability rating for other specified stressor and trauma related disorder, as well as service connection for alopecia areata, were both denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a 100% disability rating for the former condition or establish service connection for the latter.
- Dismissed
Your appeals regarding anxiety condition, back pain, and depression have been dismissed due to untimely filing of your appeal form.
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