The appeal for service connection for a gallbladder condition under Docket No. 240122-410307 is dismissed as it is moot due to an existing appeal for the same condition under a different docket.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed because it was deemed moot in light of another ongoing appeal for the same condition under a separate docket.
- Claimed conditions
- gallbladder condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100092
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Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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