The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for treatment purposes only under 38 USC Chapter 17 for PTSD, tinnitus, skin irritation on the foot, anxiety, and depression due to untimely notice of disagreement.
The deciding factor: The appeal was considered untimely as the Veteran did not file a Notice of Disagreement within one year from the date of the March 2018 rating decision, which denied service connection for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Tinnitus, Skin irritation on the foot, Anxiety, Depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25032069
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
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