Dismissed
The appeal for a disability rating in excess of 0 percent for bilateral scrotal varicosities was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.
The deciding factor: The NOD was not timely filed within one year of the relevant July 2019 Rating Decision, and there is no basis to waive or forfeit this mandatory claim-processing rule violation.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral scrotal varicosities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25028351
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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