The Board has dismissed the veteran's petition to reopen a claim for service connection for a nervous condition, as it was not timely filed. The issue of entitlement to a compensable rating for residuals of a spontaneous pneumothorax of the left lung is also addressed but no new rating is granted due to the current symptoms being attributed to nonservice-connected COPD.
The deciding factor: The veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for a nervous condition was not timely filed, as it was received more than one year after the initial denial. The Board has therefore dismissed this issue. Regarding the compensable rating for residuals of a spontaneous pneumothorax of the left lung, the medical evidence indicates that the veteran's current symptoms are due to his nonservice-connected COPD rather than his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous condition (claimed as stress), spontaneous pneumothorax of the left lung
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628355
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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