Dismissed
The appeal of the proposed effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder was dismissed as a matter of law.
The deciding factor: The December 2024 rating decision is not a final agency action, and the Veteran prematurely appealed a non-final proposed rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106782
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