The Board granted the appeal as to whether the Appellant filed a timely VA Form 9 substantive appeal in response to a July 2016 statement of the case, for substitution purposes.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved all doubt in favor of the Appellant and found that the Veteran did not receive a copy of the January 2016 SOC until July 14, 2016, allowing the VA Form 9 to be considered timely filed on July 18, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25005235
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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