The appeal for service connection for dyslipidemia was dismissed, and the Veteran's increased rating claim for PTSD and insomnia disorder was denied.
The deciding factor: The issue of entitlement to service connection for dyslipidemia must be dismissed as the Veteran elected Direct Review while an HLR request was still pending at the AOJ.
- Claimed conditions
- dyslipidemia, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and insomnia disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055312
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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