Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a lower back condition was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file the appeal within one year of the rating decision and did not provide good cause for the late filing.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lower back condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093564
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