The Veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to April 19, 2017 for the increased 70 percent evaluation of their service-connected unspecified trauma-related disorder with adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood has been dismissed as the Board has already adjudicated these issues in July 2021 and March 2023.
The deciding factor: The Board is without jurisdiction to revisit its prior final decisions dated July 2021 and March 2023 due to the doctrine of res judicata.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma-related disorder, adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24080343
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for higher ratings on two conditions have been dismissed due to the withdrawal of the appeal by the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of increased rating for unspecified trauma related disorder and service connection for PTSD due to in-service stressors. A new VA examination is required to determine the appropriate diagnosis and current severity of the Veteran's conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several claims for increased ratings and TDIU/SMC due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining legible copies of private treatment records from Dr. A.H. and Social Security Administration (SSA) records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include other specified anxiety disorder and/or adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood, due to a need for additional evidence.
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