The appeal for a TDIU rating is dismissed as moot because the Veteran has already been granted the earliest possible effective date, February 3, 2016.
The deciding factor: VA has already assigned the earliest possible effective date for the TDIU rating, making the appeal moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), Fatigue with headaches, muscle cramping, diaphoresis, muscle aches, impairment of focus/concentration and fine motor skills
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039412
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 the appeal and restored service connection for NHL from August 1, 2018, to August 9, 2022.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic kidney stones, but remanded claims for an acquired mental health disorder, vision loss, and cervical cancer due to a duty to assist error.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and denied service connection for anemia, high cholesterol, muscle aches, benign prostatic hyperplasia, erectile dysfunction, frostbite residuals, gonorrhea residuals, and hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for prostate cancer, NHL, hypothyroidism, DM II, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the October 2024 rating decision.
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