Dismissed
The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for depression and anxiety was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under the Appeals Modernization Act.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's January 2025 attempt to appeal the initial rating assigned in the September 2024 rating decision was a prohibited concurrent election as his December 2024 Higher Level Review was seeking review of the same issue by the AOJ and was pending final adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099352
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