The appeal of the proposed severance of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder is dismissed as there is no question of law or fact on appeal regarding the October 2024 rating decision that proposed severance.
The deciding factor: The proposed severance was not a final determination and thus cannot be appealed until it becomes a final decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25105009
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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