Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to January 2, 2015 for a grant of service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy was dismissed due to the untimeliness of the notice of disagreement.
The deciding factor: The February 15, 2025 rating decision is not a decision of the Secretary and cannot be appealed through the filing of an NOD. The February 21, 2025 NOD was filed more than one year after the rating decision, making it untimely.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085558
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