Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to October 5, 2017, for service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 and cirrhosis was dismissed due to a procedural issue with the Veteran's election of review options.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 VA Form 10182 Notice of Disagreement was an impermissible concurrent election of the review options under 38 C.F.R. § 3.2500, leading to the dismissal of the appeal as a matter of law.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type 2 (claimed as diabetes mellitus), cirrhosis, with GERD and esophageal varices
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020577
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