The Board dismissed the appellant's claim for service connection for cause of the veteran's death, nonservice-connected death pension, and accrued benefits due to her failure to timely file a notice of disagreement.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not file a timely notice of disagreement within one year from notification of the RO's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of the veteran's death, nonservice-connected death pension, accrued benefits
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0639771
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Granted
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