The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for not timely submitting a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year from the date of the mailing of an adverse decision.
The deciding factor: The NOD was untimely and no good cause was provided to extend the filing period.
- Claimed conditions
- drug-induced pulmonary pneumonia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), major or mild neurocognitive disorder, limitation of flexion, right knee, total right knee replacement, degenerative arthritis with ankylosis, left hip, strain, pain, limitation of motion, limited extension, degenerative joint disease (DJD), cervical strain, bronchiectasis, sinusitis, limitation of motion of the right ankle, respiration thorax, muscle group IV, left shoulder, injury to intrinsic muscles (group IV) of shoulder, benign neoplasm, endocrine system, benign neoplasm, oral/hard soft tissue loss of supporting structures and/or functional impairment due to scarring, lumbar strain with spinal stenosis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fatty liver disease, hiatal hernia, gastritis, hemorrhoids, eczema on hands, impairment central visual acuity eyes, blepharitis, epididymitis, erectile dysfunction, thrombocytopenia, pernicious anemia, hypertension, labyrinthitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25028419
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,044 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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