The appeal for service connection for recurrent tinnitus is dismissed as moot because the claim was granted in a subsequent rating decision.
The deciding factor: The concurrent filing of a supplemental claim while an appeal is pending invalidates the current appeal, leaving no specific determination to dispute.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069804
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a recurrent tinnitus disability, secondary to a service-connected hearing loss disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of various conditions, finding that the appropriate date was September 1, 2023.
- Granted
The Board granted the veteran a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.
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