The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed as there was no decision in the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) system to appeal at the time of the request.
The deciding factor: No extension of time is needed to file an appeal because the issues are all still on appeal and will be addressed by the Board in a Legacy decision if they are returned to the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral hip degenerative joint disease, bilateral knee degenerative joint disease, lumbosacral disorder bulging disk and degenerative disk disease, left ankle disability to include sprain and degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033174
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 622 · Granted: 17% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims seeking service connection for fatty liver, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Bell's Palsy, GERD, neurobehavioral issues, and throat/esophageal cancer have been dismissed due to procedural errors in filing a concurrent election of review options.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for coronary artery disease, heart disease, diabetes mellitus type II, high blood pressure, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and erectile dysfunction due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.,Specifically, the Board found that there was no credible evidence of herbicide exposure in Vietnam or any other basis for presumptive service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea and multiple musculoskeletal conditions, rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. His TDIU is granted, but his special monthly compensation at the housebound rate is denied due to the presence of additional service-connected disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's requests for extensions of time to file appeals from rating decisions that denied service connection were denied, and the attempted appeals are dismissed.
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