The appeal challenging the proposed decrease in the disability rating for service-connected breast cancer, right breast from 100 percent to noncompensable is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The June 2021 proposal for reduction did not constitute a final decision by the agency and the appellant's notice of disagreement does not place the propriety of the claim in appellate status.
- Claimed conditions
- breast cancer, right breast
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25044104
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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