Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for frostbite in the left hand or fingers and right hip degenerative arthritis with trochanteric bursitis was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement (NOD).
The deciding factor: The NOD was filed more than one year after the rating decision, which is a procedural defect.
- Claimed conditions
- frostbite in the left hand or fingers, right hip degenerative arthritis with trochanteric bursitis, claimed as right hip painful joint and bursitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105757
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