The appeal challenging a proposed reduction in the disability rating for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder was dismissed because there was no final decision by the agency to review.
The deciding factor: The Board dismissed the appeal because the proposed reduction is not an adverse decision and thus not appealable.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001306
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Decisions by this judge: 1,836 · Granted: 31% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for AUD associated with PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, finding sufficient evidence in the period under review to warrant this connection.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches associated with the right eye disability and a rating of 20 percent for the right eye condition, while denying an increased rating for PTSD and dismissing the hypertension appeal.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a seizure disability from September 19, 2008, denied an increased rating for viral hepatitis B with cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, and cholecystectomy and pancreatitis, and granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder from June 4, 2017 through July 30, 2017.
- Granted
The veteran's PTSD with depressive disorder is rated at 70% effective August 30, 2021. The Board found the veteran's symptoms warranted this rating.
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