The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) as it lacks jurisdiction to decide this issue.
The deciding factor: The Board does not have appellate jurisdiction over the issue of entitlement to an earlier effective date for SMC due to a lack of timely filed NOD and VA Form 9 identifying disagreement with the effective dates assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20004246
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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