The Board found that the Veteran's substantive appeals for service connection were not timely filed, and thus denied these claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a timely substantive appeal within the required time limits as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spondylosis C4-5, C5-6, and C6-7 with cervical radiculopathy, Rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2011
- Citation
- 1122367
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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