The appeal seeking revision of the 1972 rating decision that denied service connection for psychiatric disabilities was dismissed as it is now considered moot due to a complete grant of benefits.
The deciding factor: The August 1972 rating decision was found not to be final, and an effective date of September 18, 1971, the day following separation from service, was assigned for service connection for schizophrenia, rendering the appeal moot.
- Claimed conditions
- antisocial personality, dissocial personality, mental deficiency, schizophrenia, paranoid type
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103801
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,081 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type based on the evidence showing that the condition pre-existed service but was not aggravated by it.
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