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Dismissed

The appeal was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement within one year of notification of the July 2022 rating decision.

The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA Form 10182 was not received within one year of notification of the July 2022 rating decision, and no good cause for the delay was shown.

Claimed conditions
right hip status post broken femur, right knee pain and instability, left hip condition, impairment of the right lower leg
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
June 25, 2025
Citation
A25055129

Veterans Law Judge

J. NICHOLS

Decisions by this judge: 945 · Granted: 43% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.

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