The Board has dismissed the appeal due to lack of jurisdiction, as the veteran failed to file a timely substantive appeal for the September 1997 RO decision denying service connection for left knee and low back disabilities. The right knee instability and arthritis are rated at 10 percent prior to April 7, 1997, and since then.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to file a timely substantive appeal within the required time frame.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disability, Low Back Disability, Right Knee Instability, Degenerative Changes in Right Knee, Headaches of Undetermined Etiology
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0000736
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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