The appeal is dismissed as the appellant did not identify any specific determination with which she disagrees.
The deciding factor: There are no outstanding issues on appeal that have not been granted in full, and the appellant has not identified any aspect of the November 2021 decision with which she disagrees.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed moods, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and genu valgus, right knee strain and genu valgus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25050230
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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