Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a right knee disorder, lower back disorder, and respiratory disorder as untimely and lacking proper appeal procedures.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 'backfill' document did not constitute an adjudicative determination with which the Veteran could timely appeal, and the March 2024 Notice of Disagreement was untimely.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disorder, lower back disorder, respiratory disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084504
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