The Board dismissed the appeal as to the issue of entitlement to special monthly pension based on the need for aid and attendance or housebound status of the Veteran's surviving spouse, for accrued benefits purposes. The claimant submitted a VA Form 10182 in August 2023 outside the one-year period provided by law.
The deciding factor: The claimant did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement within the one-year period following issuance of the October 1, 2020 decision and failed to establish good cause for an extension.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2024
- Citation
- A24040576
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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