Denied
The appeal regarding the timeliness of a request for higher level review (HLR) was denied as it was not timely filed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not opt into VA's Rapid Appeals Modernization Program and had not been issued an SOC or SSOC prior to filing the HLR request, making it untimely under the modernized review system.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011857
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