Dismissed
The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected PTSD with MDD and melancholic features, to include an earlier effective date, is dismissed as the issue is already properly before the Board under a separate docket.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not being provided proper notice of the August 2020 rating decision until October 18, 2024, making the current appeal stream moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder (MDD) and melancholic features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109631
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