Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for the proposed reduction in thyroid cancer rating, discontinuance of SMC based on housebound status, earlier effective dates, and compensable rating for thyroid scar were dismissed due to being premature and not ripe for appeal.
The deciding factor: The matters were not final decisions that could be appealed as they were submitted prematurely before the disability rating was actually reduced or the SMC was actually discontinued.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid cancer, thyroid scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093685
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