Dismissed
The appeal for reinstatement of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound effective July 1, 2020 was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.
The deciding factor: The January 2022 Notice of Disagreement was considered untimely as it was filed more than one year after the April 2020 rating decision and no good cause for extension was shown.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25042126
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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