The appeal for an effective date prior to May 30, 2008, for the grant of service connection for a head scar was dismissed due to untimeliness and non-compliance with claims processing rules.
The deciding factor: The June 2021 Notice of Disagreement (NOD) was received more than a year after the March 2019 rating decision, making it untimely. The appellant did not provide good cause for the delay in filing and no waiver was granted.
- Claimed conditions
- head scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25030917
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Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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