The Board dismissed the appellant's appeal because she did not file a timely notice of disagreement with respect to her claim for benefits as the veteran's surviving spouse.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to file a timely notice of disagreement within the required 60-day period after receiving notification of the denial of her claim for benefits as the veteran's surviving spouse.
- Claimed conditions
- Surviving Spouse
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2001
- Citation
- 0123531
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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