Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.
The deciding factor: The appeal was untimely as it was filed more than a year after notification of the rating decisions, and no timely response was received to correct the procedural defect.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant melanoma (skin cancer), bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, arteriosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099699
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