The veteran's appeals for service connection for skin disorders other than genital herpes as due to exposure to Agent Orange and an earlier effective date for the award of a compensable disability evaluation for genital herpes were dismissed because he did not timely file substantive appeals. The appeal for service connection for tinnitus was also dismissed.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to submit timely substantive appeals for his claims regarding skin disorders other than genital herpes, an earlier effective date for genital herpes, and the timeliness of his appeal for service connection for tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorders other than genital herpes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0302820
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