The Board has determined that the veteran's appeals for service connection were not timely filed, and thus dismissed both claims.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to file a timely substantive appeal within the required time frame as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes cavus, Achilles tendonitis of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2002
- Citation
- 0209899
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for xerosis of the bilateral feet and service connection for left pectoralis muscle strain, left knee strain, right knee strain, bilateral pes cavus, and plantar fasciitis.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for several conditions, granted service connection for a left shoulder strain and an initial rating of 100 percent for right knee instability s/p ACL reconstruction, and remanded claims related to adjustment disorder, hearing loss, and tinnitus.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral pes cavus, left wrist tenosynovitis, neck sprain with cervicalgia and cervical spondylosis, nasal turbinate hypertrophy, and seborrheic dermatitis, tinea pedis, and onychomycosis of the nails.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 16, 1999, for service connection for foot conditions and lupus.
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