The appeal for service connection for hyperventilation (previously claimed as anxiety attacks) was dismissed due to the lack of a valid notice of disagreement.
The deciding factor: There was no underlying VA decision addressing the claim for service connection for anxiety attacks/hyperventilation at the time the August 2023 VA Form 10182 was filed, making it not ripe for appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperventilation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017462
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Decisions by this judge: 2,240 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for hyperventilation, light-headedness, nausea, upset stomach, energy condition, and right leg movement as there is no current diagnosis or evidence of functional impairment due to these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims due to incomplete development of service personnel records and treatment records, including those related to National Guard service. The Veteran's conditions are left elbow, shoulder, knee, ankle, rib, abdominal pain, forehead scar, rash on face, forehead dryness, head injury, hyperventilation, asthma, cervical spine disability, left knee, hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and verifying National Guard service dates. The Veteran's claims will be reconsidered after this development.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the submitted evidence does not meet the criteria for reopening the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically schizophrenia. The new evidence is considered cumulative and redundant.
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