The Veteran's claims for service connection for a thyroid condition and an increased disability rating for dysphagia have been dismissed as the issues were not properly appealed.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed due to concurrent election of review options by the Veteran, who filed both a Higher-Level Review (HLR) request with the AOJ and a Notice of Disagreement at the Board level for the same issue in the same rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Thyroid condition, Dysphagia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24078943
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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