The appellant did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) in response to the January 2016 decisional letter denying her claim for burial allotment benefits, and thus the appeal is denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were no documents submitted by the appellant within one year of mailing of notice of the January 2016 decision that could be considered as a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) with that decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19128054
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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