The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was dismissed as the Notice of Disagreement was not timely filed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not file a timely notice of disagreement within one year of notification of the May 2010 rating decision and has not submitted good cause for his failure to file in a timely manner.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive vascular disease (hypertension)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015724
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
What you can do next
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