The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was dismissed because the benefit sought has been granted in full.
The deciding factor: The issue of service connection for a psychiatric disorder is dismissed as there is no case or controversy to decide, since it was granted prior to the issuance of a Board decision.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109019
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than chronic adjustment disorder, with anxiety and depression, left leg disability (claimed as nerve damage), right leg disability (claimed as nerve damage), and chronic headache disorder (claimed as migraines) to obtain additional evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and residual burns, left arm.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, has been granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as well as degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, are being remanded due to inadequate examination reports. Additionally, the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability is also being remanded.
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