The veteran's appeal for service connection for hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, prostrate cancer, and hypercholesterolemia is dismissed as he did not file a timely Substantive Appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to file a timely Substantive Appeal within the required time frame.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, prostate cancer, hypercholesterolemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0004105
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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