Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for the rating decisions issued on April 28, 2020, and January 4, 2023, were denied as they were not timely filed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that good cause was not shown to accept the late filing of the appeal requests due to the Veteran's inability to provide a valid reason for the delay in filing within the one-year period.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, lumbar sacral strain with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089085
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