Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for service connection for arthritis due to trauma and a back condition as untimely, while remanding the claim for sleep apnea for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit one of the available review options within one year of the September 2019 decision that denied service connection for traumatic arthritis and a back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis due to trauma, back condition, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106826
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