Your claim for service connection for non-hodgkin's lymphoma has been fully granted with an effective date of May 29, 2012. The appeal is dismissed as the benefit sought has already been awarded.
The deciding factor: The earlier effective date of May 29, 2012, was granted in a February 2023 rating decision, which constitutes a full grant of the benefit sought.
- Claimed conditions
- non-hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25000286
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation 25000286.
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's hypertension, kidney disease, prostate cancer, and non-hodgkin's lymphoma are granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's psychiatric condition is remanded for a determination on whether it is caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the service connection for non-hodgkin's lymphoma at 100 percent disabling is dismissed as the claim has been fully resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a duty-to-assist error in developing his claim regarding contaminated drinking water exposure and for obtaining an adequate medical opinion on the secondary service connection claim.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for non-hodgkin's lymphoma was dismissed as the Veteran opted into the modernized appeals system.
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