The Veteran's appeals for higher disability ratings and an increased rating were dismissed as the appeal was untimely due to not being filed within one year of the June 17, 2022 decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement within one year of the June 17, 2022 decision.
- Claimed conditions
- residual surgical scar postoperative left varicocele, left testicular condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24021912
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all appeals seeking service connection for various conditions, as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a scheduled hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left foot pain, right foot pain, and left testicular condition to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of his claimed conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus and right testicular condition are service-connected, with the remaining issues being denied. The Veteran experienced in-service noise exposure which is presumed to have caused his current tinnitus.
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