The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury and for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The decision also addressed whether new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for residuals of a head injury.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's notice of disagreement regarding the denial of service connection for residuals of a head injury was untimely filed, thus denying his appeal on this issue. The Board also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for residuals of a head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0636159
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the Veteran's notice of disagreement was untimely filed, more than one year after the issuance of the June 2019 and April 2021 rating decisions.
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