The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not demonstrating good cause for an untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year of notification of the February 2023 and March 2023 rating decisions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to establish good cause for his untimely filing, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip strain (limited extension), right hip strain (limited flexion), contusion of right little finger with residual of pain and decreased range of motion, anxiety, depression, erectile dysfunction, as secondary to anxiety and depression, headaches, hypogeusia, COVID-19 residual (claimed as loss of taste), hyposmia, COVID-19 residual (claimed as loss of smell), left ankle disability, left elbow olecranon surgical scar, left eye disability, ongoing chest pain, pseudofolliculitis barbae, right knee disability (claimed as bilateral knee condition), stomach pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25034705
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has expanded the scope of the claim to include any mental health disorder raised by the record and has remanded for additional development regarding service connection for left leg, ankle, and psychiatric disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
- Partly granted
The Board has not made a final determination on the claims of service connection for inguinal hernia, PTSD, joint pain, fibromyalgia, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, sleep disorder, IBS, and headaches. The claims are remanded to obtain additional evidence and determine if these conditions are related to service.
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