The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD was dismissed as moot due to a March 2025 rating decision that granted service connection for other specified trauma and other stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder, effective May 2, 2024. The lumbosacral strain and radiculopathy claims are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD claim was dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection for another condition on a new basis (alcohol use disorder).
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD), Lumbosacral strain with sacroiliac weakness, degenerative disc disease, degenerative arthritis, dextroconvex scoliotic curvature of the lumbar spine and mild dextroscoliosis centered at the thoracolumbar junction, Right radiculopathy sciatic nerve, Left radiculopathy sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2026
- Citation
- A26026671
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and eye disability due to inadequate medical opinions based on inaccurate factual premises, and a need for further VA examinations.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a left shoulder disability, finding that the evidence does not support a link between these conditions and active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that there was no credible evidence of a stressor event and insufficient medical opinion linking the current condition to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly address the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD. The decision is remanded due to pre-decisional errors and the need for further examination.
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