The Board has dismissed the veteran's appeals regarding entitlement to increased pension benefits, higher evaluation for left nephrolithiasis with lithotripsy and other issues due to lack of adequate substantive appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not file an adequate substantive appeal within the required time frame as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- left nephrolithiasis with lithotripsy, left ureteropelvic obstruction, post ureteroplasty, hydronephrosis, arterial hypertension, right bundle branch block, post coronary artery bypass
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0014004
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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