Citation Nr: 18159387
Decision Date: 12/19/18	Archive Date: 12/18/18

DOCKET NO. 15-00 178
DATE:	December 19, 2018
ORDER
The issue of entitlement to a higher initial disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is dismissed.  
FINDING OF FACT
In April 2017 the Board previously rendered a decision on the Veteran’s claim of an increased initial disability rating for his service-connected PTSD. 
CONCLUSION OF LAW
The criteria for dismissal of the appeal have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(2), (d)(5); 38 C.F.R. § 20.204.  
REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION
The Veteran served on active duty from February 1966 to February 1968.  
The Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) may dismiss any appeal which fails to allege specific error of fact or law in the determination being appealed.  38 U.S.C. § 7105.  
In the present case, the Veteran’s appeal for an increased initial disability rating was adjudicated by the Board in an April 2017 decision, which granted an increased initial disability rating of 70 percent for his service-connected PTSD.  For a reason that is unclear to the Board the issue has been returned to the Board even though the both the Veteran and his attorney have acknowledged that the issue on appeal has been resolved by the prior Board decision in April 2017.  Hence, there remain no allegations of errors of fact or law for appellate consideration.  Accordingly, the Board does not have jurisdiction to review the appeal as to this issue and it is dismissed.

 
Nathan Kroes
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	D. Havelka, Counsel