The appeal for increased ratings for service-connected major depressive disorder and the claim for a rating of total disability due to individual unemployability based upon service-connected disorders (TDIU) effective April 3, 2017 were dismissed as either improper concurrent elections or moot.
The deciding factor: The claims were dismissed under the Appeals Modernization Act due to prior adjudication and as improper concurrent elections.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055403
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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