The Board has determined that a timely VA Form 9 Substantive Appeal was received with respect to the August 2017 Statement of the Case, which addressed the denial of a temporary total evaluation due to service-connected or other condition subject to compensation. The appeal was granted based on the representation that proper notice of the August 2017 SOC was not provided until January 2021.
The deciding factor: The Board found that proper notice of the August 2017 Statement of the Case (SOC) was not provided to the Veteran's representative until January 2021, after which he submitted a timely VA Form 9 received on February 25, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24042800
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