The Board has determined that the appellant did not timely file a notice of disagreement with the March 2002 rating decision denying service connection for blindness and angina pectoris. As a result, the appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to file a timely notice of disagreement within one year from the date of the March 2002 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- blindness, angina pectoris
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0615701
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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