Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for tinea pedis/manis is dismissed as the Veteran did not timely appeal the February 13, 2018 Statement of the Case.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit a Substantive Appeal after receiving the SOC in February 2018, thus the claim was not properly appealed and must be dismissed.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea pedis/manis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21061978
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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