The appeal for service connection for persistent depressive disorder, moderate, in partial remission was dismissed by the Veteran. The Board will remand the issue of service connection for bilateral plantar warts.
The deciding factor: The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, meeting the criteria for dismissal.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral plantar warts, persistent depressive disorder, moderate, in partial remission
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25024912
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,500 · Granted: 29% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 denied service connection for the veteran's left shoulder, right shoulder, and tinnitus disabilities as they were not related to his service. The claims for GERD, a hiatal hernia, and bilateral plantar warts were remanded for further development.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 20 percent for bilateral plantar warts but denied a higher rating for PTSD. The claims for service connection for right maxillary neurofibroma, COPD, and hammer toes were reopened.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral plantar warts, chronic fatigue syndrome (claimed as residuals of mononucleosis), and hemorrhoids to include as secondary to service-connected irritable bowel syndrome.,For chronic fatigue syndrome, the VA examination is inadequate because it does not address the Veteran's symptoms and discuss the exclusion of all other clinical conditions that may produce similar symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the cause of his left knee meniscal tear, as well as incomplete VA treatment records. The Veteran is required to provide updated employment information and a VA Form 21-8940.
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