The Board has accepted the Veteran's untimely Notice of Disagreement as timely due to good cause shown, and thus the appeal is granted for service connection for right hip, left hip, and right knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: Good cause was demonstrated by the Veteran's representative who provided evidence showing that the Hurricane Matthew disrupted mail delivery, causing USPS delays which prevented the NOD from being postmarked prior to expiration of the one-year appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip, left hip, right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- A19003659
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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