Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) filed more than one year after the relevant rating decisions.
The deciding factor: The NOD was submitted under a new claims and appeals process that had different requirements, making it untimely for the purposes of challenging the 2013 and 2015 rating decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2024
- Citation
- A24070562
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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