The Veteran's appeal seeking an earlier effective date for SMC based on loss of use of one eye having only light perception is dismissed as a matter of law.
The deciding factor: The claim represents a freestanding earlier effective date claim that the Board has no authority to adjudicate at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of one eye having only light perception
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2024
- Citation
- A24076874
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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