The Board has determined that the appellant timely filed a Notice of Disagreement with respect to the January 2004 rating decision, and thus the appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: The appellant's Notice of Disagreement was received by the Washington RO prior to the end of the one-year period for filing an NOD, meeting the requirement for a timely NOD.
- Claimed conditions
- high glucose, hepatitis, inner ear damage and hearing loss, left shoulder disability, lumbar spine disability, thoracic spine disability, hypogonadism, hypothyroidism, coronary artery disease, gynomastia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 4, 2007
- Citation
- 0727654
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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