The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits, TDIU, and a compensable rating for multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities due to lack of jurisdiction over the pension claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s pension claim was granted in February 2017 but not with an effective date prior to January 25, 2017. The Board lacked jurisdiction over this issue as the Veteran did not file a NOD regarding the assigned effective date of the pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fractured left wrist, excision scar from pyogenic granuloma on back of head
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- A19003444
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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