Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed due to res judicata, as the issues were previously adjudicated and are now barred from further review.
The deciding factor: Res judicata bars the Board from re-adjudicating the issues that have been previously decided in a final Board decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, paranoid type, Lumbosacral strain, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Tinnitus, Radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, to include as secondary to lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110661
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