Granted
The appeal to establish that a NOD was timely filed in response to the January 21, 2016 rating decision as to service connection for diabetes and CAD is granted.
The deciding factor: Good cause was shown due to recent change in representation and efforts to gain access to Veteran's records, warranting an extension of the one-year filing requirement.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102730
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