The appeal of the proposed reduction in the Veteran's ratings for her right hip disabilities was dismissed as a matter of law because the February 2024 VA Form 10182, Decision Review Request: Board Appeal (Notice of Disagreement), was premature.
The deciding factor: A proposed rating is not an appealable issue; an appeal can be started only after VA takes action and reduces a rating.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip status post pelvis stress fracture and status post labral tear repair surgery with femoral acetabular impingement syndrome (includes labral tears) (limitation of flexion), right hip pelvic stress fractures and status post acetubuloplasty and labrum repair with femoral acetabular impingement syndrome (includes labral tears) (limitation of extension)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107586
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,549 · 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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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