Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for service connection for hearing loss, prostate cancer, PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea were dismissed as the appeals were not timely filed.
The deciding factor: The appeals were not timely filed within one year of the respective rating decisions, and good cause was not shown to accept the late filings.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss, Prostate cancer, PTSD, Obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093966
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