The Veteran's appeals for service connection for psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and right foot calcaneal spur were dismissed due to a procedural issue with his previous Legacy appeal.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the fact that the Veteran had an active Legacy appeal at the time he attempted to perfect his appeal under the Appeals Modernization and Improvement Act (AMA).
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), right foot calcaneal spur
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097865
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,077 · Granted: 25% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because he attempted to file a VA Form 10182 in April 2024, which constituted a concurrent election with his previously pending higher-level review request for the same issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's request for additional VR&E equipment purchases and other services under a program of independent living services, including a riding lawnmower, power tools, attending school far from home, childcare, and a vehicle, was denied due to the severity of his service-connected disabilities. The Board has ordered further development to address these issues.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, was dismissed due to the Veteran not properly perfecting an appeal under the Appeals Modernization Act.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right foot calcaneal spur and remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral pes planus.
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