The appeal for service connection for anxiety, headache, and chronic fatigue syndrome was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the filing of the Notice of Disagreement.
The deciding factor: The January 2021 VA Form 10182 was not timely filed as it was outside the one-year period from the date of notification of the January 2020 rating decision, and no good cause was shown for the delay.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, headache, chronic fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25042555
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claims for service connection for various acquired psychiatric disorders.
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