The appeals for service connection for right elbow cubital tunnel and cervical radiculopathy, left upper extremity were dismissed due to untimely notice of disagreement.
The deciding factor: The appeal was not timely filed within one year of the notification letters sent in April 2020 and December 2022, and no good cause for the delay was shown.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow cubital tunnel, cervical radiculopathy, left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25023233
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection and initial rating claims has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability and denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for a cervical spine disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral sciatica and remanded the claims for cervicalgia and cervical radiculopathy due to a need for additional evidence.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
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