Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to an invalid Notice of Disagreement submitted before a final rating decision was issued.
The deciding factor: The April 2023 VA Form 10182 was not valid as it preceded the rating decisions addressing the service connection claim for schizophrenia, and thus the appeal was erroneously docketed due to a claims processing error.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088671
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