The appeal for an earlier effective date was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the docketing of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appeal was improperly placed on the Direct Review docket, and there is no jurisdiction to adjudicate claims for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a rating decision in the first instance.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent adjustment disorder with features of mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094418
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 926 · Granted: 33% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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