Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for an earlier effective date prior to April 17, 2021, for a 20 percent disability rating for right shoulder disability and entitlement to a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 4, 2014.
The deciding factor: The issues were already adjudicated in an earlier Board decision and are now barred by res judicata from further review.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25024898
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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