The appeal for service connection for bladder incontinence was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed as a matter of law pursuant to 38 C.F.R. § 3.2500(b) because it constituted an impermissible concurrent election and was filed while another review was pending final adjudication with the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder incontinence
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047194
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 833 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Granted
The Veteran's dysphagia and erectile dysfunction are found to be secondary to his service-connected major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder.,Bladder incontinence is denied as there is no evidence linking it to a service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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