Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection claims and denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss due to untimely appeals.
The deciding factor: The January 2025 NOD was submitted more than one year after the November 2023 rating decision, making the appeal untimely. The evidence did not support a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the VA audiological examination results.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder, Depression, Tinnitus, Bronchial asthma (trouble breathing), Hypertensive vascular disease (hypertension), Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095118
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