Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased rating due to untimely filings.
The deciding factor: The appeals were dismissed due to claims processing errors, specifically untimely filings of Notices of Disagreement.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, pes planus, status-post lumbar spinal fusion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25087936
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