Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD) beyond the one-year time limit.
The deciding factor: The untimely filing of the NOD did not constitute good cause, and no waiver or forfeiture of the claims-processing rule was established.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103939
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