The appeal seeking service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, mild to moderate, was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran through his authorized representative on April 7, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, mild to moderate
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25041919
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 an increased rating of 50 percent for the period from March 28, 2020 to January 19, 2021 and denied a rating in excess of 50 percent from January 19, 2021 to April 12, 2022. The Board also denied a rating in excess of 70 percent from April 13, 2022.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, with cannabis use disorder.
- Dismissed
The appeal contesting the severance of service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression was dismissed, and the claim for service connection for tinnitus was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased evaluation of adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, finding that her symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
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