The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for anxiety disorder with depression has been dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeal at a hearing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal at the January 2026 hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2026
- Citation
- A26028010
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and remanded the claims for an anxiety disorder with depression and PTSD due to a need for additional evidence.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified anxiety disorder with depression. The issue of service connection for bilateral pes planus is remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's anxiety disorder with depression is granted service connection, but his bilateral knee condition is denied.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as it was granted back to the initial date of claim in a rating decision dated August 23, 2023.
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