The veteran withdrew his appeal for revision of the effective date of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, with anxious distress, with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The deciding factor: The Veteran explicitly and unambiguously withdrew his appeal in a written statement and verbal confirmation.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, with anxious distress, with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25042388
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for both issues, and therefore they are dismissed.
- Denied
The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to January 23, 2014, for the grant of service connection for PTSD based on CUE in the January 2003 and December 2017 rating decisions was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder, but denied higher ratings for PTSD and migraine.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder, as the evidence did not support a finding of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
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