The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol abuse prior to September 16, 2013, and an earlier effective date for DEA benefits is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The July 2024 rating decision implementing the Board's July 2024 decision granting entitlement to a TDIU rating of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol abuse, effective September 16, 2013, was not appealable as it was merely an administrative action.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with alcohol abuse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2026
- Citation
- A26036706
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with alcohol abuse is rated at 70 percent, effective April 12, 2014. He also received a TDIU and SMC from that date.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with alcohol abuse was found to warrant a rating of 70 percent, effective from the date of his death in September 2012.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol abuse has been productive of no more than occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity from June 2004.
- Denied
The veteran's PTSD has been manifested by complaints of nightmares, impaired sleep, flashbacks, irritability, lack of motivation, exaggerated startle response, and hypervigilance; objectively, productive of no more than occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency, with Global Assessment of Functioning scores indicating mild to moderate symptoms upon VA examination.
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