The appeal was dismissed because the July 2024 VA Form 10182 sought to appeal a CUE motion, but the AOJ did not adjudicate the claim yet.
The deciding factor: There is no CUE determination to appeal as the AOJ did not adjudicate the claim yet.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder tendonitis (major), left shoulder dislocation (minor), right knee retropatellar femoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097371
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · 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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
What you can do next
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