The Board found that the appellant did not timely file a substantive appeal regarding the October 1996 rating actions, but she did timely file an appeal with regard to the July 23, 1997 administrative decision. The RO is instructed to review the additional evidence submitted by the appellant since the October 1997 Statement of the Case and readjudicate the issue of entitlement to unreimbursed medical expenses of the deceased veteran for 1994, 1995 and 1996.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant did not timely file a substantive appeal regarding the October 1996 rating actions but she did timely file an appeal with regard to the July 23, 1997 administrative decision. The RO is instructed to review the additional evidence submitted by the appellant since the October 1997 Statement of the Case and readjudicate the issue.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0100330
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