The Board dismissed the appeals regarding the issues of entitlement to service connection for a degenerative disorder affecting the cervical spine and whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for entitlement to service connection for a heart murmur. The appeal regarding left ovarian cysts was not addressed due to procedural issues.
The deciding factor: The Board lacked jurisdiction over these appeals as the veteran did not file timely substantive appeals.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disorder affecting the cervical spine, Heart murmur, Left ovarian cysts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0033317
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a heart murmur and a left foot heel spur, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a heart condition, to include a heart murmur and hypertension, due to incomplete evidence regarding the nature of the Veteran's heart murmur and potential service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an addendum VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's service-connected conditions have caused or aggravated a heart murmur.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 8, 1997 for the award of service connection for a heart murmur due to clear and unmistakable error in a March 1998 rating decision.
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