Citation Nr: 21030135
Decision Date: 05/17/21	Archive Date: 05/17/21

DOCKET NO. 19-32 400A
DATE: May 17, 2021

ORDER

Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is dismissed.

FINDING OF FACT

The issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD, was decided in a March 2021 rating decision.

CONCLUSION OF LAW

The criteria for dismissal of the appeal seeking service connection for PTSD have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105; 38 C.F.R. § 19.55.

REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION

The Veteran served on active duty in the United States Air Force from April 1966 to April 1996.

This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal from a June 2018 rating decision issued by a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office.  This matter was previously remanded by the Board in February 2021.

In December 2020, the Veteran testified via video conference before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge (VLJ).  A copy of the hearing transcript has been associated with the claims file.  See December 2020 Board Hearing Transcript.

Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD, is dismissed.

As noted above, the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD, was remanded by the Board in February 2021.  Subsequently, in a March 2021 rating decision, service connection was granted for PTSD, the Veteran's diagnosed psychiatric condition.  As such, this claim is dismissed as a matter of law, as there remains no case or controversy, or dispute of fact or law, regarding the issue.  See 38 U.S.C. § 7105; 38 C.F.R. § 19.55.  The benefit sought on appeal was granted.  The claim is therefore dismissed.

 

 

YVETTE R. WHITE

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans' Appeals

Attorney for the Board	J. T. Martin III, Associate Counsel

The Board's decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.