The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to June 3, 2021, for the service-connected menstrual disorder was dismissed because the claim has been fully granted.
The deciding factor: There is no remaining issue for the Board to adjudicate as the claim has been fully granted.
- Claimed conditions
- menstrual disorder, abnormal uterine bleeding
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24073557
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Remanded (sent back)
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