The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal regarding the rating reduction from 70 percent to 50 percent for PTSD effective October 26, 2020. The Board dismissed this issue as a result of the withdrawal request.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal through a signed statement requesting to cancel the hearing and withdraw all issues listed on appeal docket H201119-122435.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with insomnia disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26012063
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with insomnia disorder is rated at 70 percent from January 29, 2015 to June 26, 2017.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that an effective date of July 19, 2013, for the grant of service connection for PTSD with insomnia disorder is warranted. However, as the initial rating was not assigned from this effective date, the case is REMANDED to assign a proper initial rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasons or bases for denying ratings in excess of 30 percent prior to September 5, 2017, and in excess of 50 percent from that date. The Veteran is entitled to an additional examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected psychiatric disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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