Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran's submission of a Board appeal on the same issue as a duty to assist error identified during HLR was an impermissible concurrent election.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 rating decision was not an adjudicative determination by VA, and the October 2024 appeal of that decision was premature.
- Claimed conditions
- lungs - calcified mediastinal and right hilar nodes identified and linear band like atelectasis and/or scarring seen within the lung bases
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096801
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