The Board found that the Veteran's Notice of Disagreement (NOD) was not timely filed, and thus denied his appeal for service connection for bipolar disorder, low back disorder, and hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The NOD was postmarked after the one-year deadline from the date of the February 5, 2004 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder, low back disorder, hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1224396
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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