The appeal is dismissed due to the Veteran's death before a decision was promulgated by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
The deciding factor: The appeal does not survive the Veteran's death, and there is no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, traumatic brain injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25056507
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple musculoskeletal conditions and a psychiatric condition, all of which were determined to be caused by an in-service injury.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an increased rating for persistent depressive disorder was dismissed due to a procedural defect involving concurrent election of review options.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantial, gainful employment, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is granted.
- Dismissed
The appeal regarding the proposed reduction in evaluation of persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress is dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.
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