The Board dismissed the appellant's claim for an apportionment of the veteran's VA nonservice-connected disability pension benefits on behalf of his minor child, A.S.G., as it was not timely filed.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not file a timely substantive appeal within the required time frame.
- Claimed conditions
- nonservice-connected disability pension benefits
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0631312
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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