The appeal was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of a higher-level review and a Board appeal for the same issues.
The deciding factor: The March 2024 HLR request was still pending, making the April 2024 VA Form 10182 an impermissible concurrent election, thus there is no valid appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes associated with herbicide exposure, Adjustment disorder with anxiety, claimed as PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25026329
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety but denied service connection for sinus condition and neck disability. The issue of entitlement to service connection for undifferentiated connective tissue disease was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, adjustment disorder with anxiety, and major depression, as there was no evidence of onset in service or a link to active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded for additional development as there has not been substantial compliance with the June 2023 remand directives.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and adjustment disorder with anxiety, due to a need for additional evidence and examination.
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