The Board found that the veteran did not submit a timely or adequate substantive appeal for the issues of service connection for an eye disability, residuals of a left middle finger injury, and muscle strain of the right thigh and trapezius. The appeals were dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.
The deciding factor: No Substantive Appeal was filed within the required time frame for these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye Disability, Residuals of a Left Middle Finger Injury, Muscle Strain of the Right Thigh and Trapezius
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0512035
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