Dismissed
The Board dismissed the legacy appeals for service connection for ischemic heart disease and bilateral hearing loss due to a claims processing defect.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran timely opted into the modernized review system, which rendered the legacy appeal invalid.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25013218
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