Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date for a TDIU award prior to March 14, 2023 is dismissed due to the Veteran not filing any appeal or new evidence within one year of the October 2019 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The claim was dismissed because it was a freestanding earlier effective date claim and there was no clear and unmistakable error in the prior final AOJ decision.
- 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 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25047742
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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