The Board dismissed the appellant's appeal as to service connection for right ear hearing loss due to a failure to file a timely Substantive Appeal. The psychiatric disability claim, including PTSD and alcohol dependence, was not addressed further.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to submit a timely Substantive Appeal with respect to the issue of entitlement to service connection for right ear hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ear Hearing Loss, Psychiatric Disability (claimed as 'nervous condition')
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0104971
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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