The veteran's appeal to establish that he timely filed a Substantive Appeal/VA Form 9 with the July 2002 rating decision denying service connection for recurrent bladder cancer is denied, and his appeal seeking service connection for recurrent bladder cancer is dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not file a timely Substantive Appeal/VA Form 9 regarding the denial of service connection for recurrent bladder cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0622439
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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