The Board found that the Veteran's notice of disagreement was not timely filed, and thus denied his appeal regarding the November 24, 2004 denial for drug and alcohol abuse and to reopen the claim for a nervous condition (claimed as depression and schizophrenia).
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the presumption that all correspondence was handled appropriately and arrived at the address of record.
- Claimed conditions
- drug and alcohol abuse, nervous condition (claimed as depression and schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1129504
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- Granted
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