The appeal for an earlier effective date was dismissed as the March 2005 Board decision which assigned May 26, 1993, as the effective date for a 10 percent disability rating for residuals of a shell fragment wound is final.
The deciding factor: The June 2005 filing did not meet the requirements to be considered a motion for reconsideration and thus did not abate the finality of the March 2005 Board decision.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a shell fragment wound of the upper right arm, to include a retained foreign body
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25005053
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 25005053.
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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