The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for plantar fasciitis and skin rashes due to untimely notice of disagreement (NOD).
The deciding factor: The NODs were filed outside the one-year period required by law, and no good cause was shown for the delay.
- Claimed conditions
- plantar fasciitis (claimed as bilateral foot pain), skin rashes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108417
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all issues, including service connection and increased rating claims.
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