Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a formal defect related to the Veteran's concurrent election of multiple review options for the same issues.
The deciding factor: Concurrent elections of review options are prohibited under 38 C.F.R. § 3.2500(b).
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, chronic dry coughing, chronic dizziness and disorientation, chronic insomnia, chronic irritable bowel syndrome, chronic gastroenteritis, and bacillary dysentery sonne, chronic left knee joint pain, chronic right hip joint pain, chronic right knee joint pain, chronic abdominal pain and chronic vomiting, chronic left hip joint pain, chronic right shoulder pain, chronic skin rash, chronic spondylosis of the lumbar spine, gonorrhea, chronic tonsillitis, cataract, traumatic (bilateral cataracts), glaucoma, simple (glaucoma), chronic fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098261
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