Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date prior to January 11, 2018 for the award of a 50 percent evaluation for MDD and PTSD was dismissed as a matter of law.
The deciding factor: The decision is final and review by filing a supplemental claim within a year is not available under the legacy system.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072298
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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