The Board found that the Veteran's requests for earlier effective dates in his September 2015 notice of disagreement with the July 2015 rating decision are not valid, as they do not raise new issues or provide reasons to reconsider the assigned effective dates. The original rating decisions have become final.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates were not properly raised in his September 2015 notice of disagreement and thus cannot be considered by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- pelvic fracture, healed fracture of right clavicle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176084
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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