The Board has determined that a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) was not filed with respect to the November 2000 rating decision denying service connection for hemorrhoids. As a result, the Board does not have jurisdiction over this issue.
The deciding factor: A timely NOD must be filed within one year from the date that the RO mails notification of the determination in question. The veteran's NOD was received more than one year after the November 6, 2000 letter of notification.
- 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 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0302862
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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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