Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for a procedural defect related to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's simultaneous filing of a request for higher-level review and a notice of disagreement created a prohibited concurrent election, leading to a procedural defect that required dismissal of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088220
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