Dismissed
The appeal to terminate the apportionment awarded to legal guardian JDT, on behalf of minor child BRG, during the Veteran's incarceration, and to remove biological child BRG as a dependent, was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.
The deciding factor: The NOD was not received within 60 days from the August 2021 notification letter, depriving the Board of jurisdiction to consider the merits of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039481
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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