The Veteran's request for an extension of time to file an appeal from the September 2019 rating decision that granted service connection for left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy was denied, and the attempted appeal is therefore dismissed.
The deciding factor: Good cause has not been shown as to why the required action could not have been taken during the original one-year period and could not have been taken sooner than it was.
- Claimed conditions
- Left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084679
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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- Denied
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