Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal regarding the timeliness of a higher-level review request and service connection for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, right foot disability, and psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The June 6, 2022, request for higher-level review was not timely filed within one year of the November 2019 rating decision, and there is no evidence linking the veteran's psychiatric disability to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, right foot disability, psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004813
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