The appeal for an increased rating for plantar keratoderma was dismissed due to a procedural defect involving concurrent election of review options.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's concurrent election of review options, including filing a VA Form 10182 and docketing the same issue in a May 2024 Decision Review Request: Board Appeal (Notice of Disagreement), was impermissible under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- plantar keratoderma, psoriasis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25043895
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Dismissed
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