The appeal regarding the hypertension, PTSD, hearing loss, and AFIB issues listed in the November 1, 2023, rating decision is dismissed. The August 29, 2024, Board Appeal request was not timely filed with respect to the July 14, 2022, rating decision that granted service connection for PTSD at 30 percent effective February 18, 2022, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss at 20 percent effective February 18, 2022, and denied service connection for AFIB.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's August 29, 2024, Board Appeal request was not timely filed because it was received more than one year after the July 14, 2022, rating decision. Good cause has not been shown to warrant an extension of time to file an appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bilateral Hearing Loss, Abnormal Heart/atrial fibrillation (AFIB)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25052612
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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- Granted
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