Dismissed
The appeal of the proposal to decrease the Veteran's disability rating from 70 percent to 50 percent for his service-connected PTSD with moderate alcohol use disorder is dismissed because no final decision had been made at the time the appeal was filed.
The deciding factor: No appealable administrative determination was issued in the October 2024 rating decision on the matter, as it only proposed a reduction and did not make a final decision.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with moderate alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089117
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