The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as his timely substantive appeal was not received within 60 days of the March 27, 2017 SOC and one year from the November 2015 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a timely substantive appeal within the required time frame.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower leg disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19124411
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Decisions by this judge: 940 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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