The Board found that the veteran's notice of disagreement with the December 1997 rating decision was not timely filed, and therefore denied his appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the one-year filing period for a notice of disagreement had expired by the time the document was received or postmarked, and that legal holidays were excluded from this calculation.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0201942
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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