The appeal challenging the timeliness of the January 10, 2020 HLR request is dismissed as moot. The earlier effective date claims for left knee instability and left knee scar are not before the Board.
The deciding factor: The February 6, 2020 VA Form 10182 was found to be a timely appeal of the November 15, 2018 rating decision based on conflicting notification letters and an erroneous May 23, 2019 VA letter.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee instability, left knee scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2024
- Citation
- A24045996
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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