The appeal was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD) more than one year after the respective rating decisions.
The deciding factor: The appeals were untimely filed and must be dismissed as a matter of law.
- Claimed conditions
- colon polyp, residuals of a left hand fifth digit fracture, hyperlipidemia (claimed as high cholesterol), bronchospasm (claimed as shortness of breath and cough at night)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25044602
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, hyperlipidemia, and colon polyp as the evidence did not support a link to service or exposure to herbicide agents.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for molluscum contagiosum and remanded the claims for sinusitis, colon polyp, diverticulitis, and hemorrhoids.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hyperlipidemia (claimed as high cholesterol) because it is not considered a disability for which VA compensation is payable.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for further development regarding his exposure to herbicides during service.
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