Dismissed
The appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and the appeal for a compensable disability rating for hypertension were dismissed due to procedural defects. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and kidney disability are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Procedural defects, including improper concurrent election for increased rating for PTSD and untimely appeal for hypertension, led to the dismissal of those claims. The Board is remanding the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and kidney disability due to insufficient medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, Hypertension, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Kidney Disability (also claimed as kidney failure with kidney stones status post nephrostomy tube)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097944
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