The Board denied the veteran's appeal because she did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) with her December 1998 rating decision, which granted a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD effective May 12, 1998.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to submit a timely NOD within one year of the issuance of the December 1998 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0200117
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What this means for you
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