Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD due to MST as an impermissible concurrent election.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a Higher-Level Review (HLR) request and then filed a Decision Review Request: Board Appeal, which violated claims processing rules prohibiting concurrent elections under the Appeals Modernization Act.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma (MST)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109600
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