The Board dismissed the attempted appeals of April 2019, October 2020, November 2020, and December 2020 rating decisions due to untimely notice of disagreement (NOD) filings.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a timely NOD within one year from the date of notification letters for each respective decision, and no good cause was shown for the late filings.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis (also claimed as rhinitis), degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine with Intervertebral Disc Syndrome, bilateral plantar fasciitis and right flat foot, chronic suppurative otitis media with right eustachian tube dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008602
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 622 · Granted: 17% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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