The Veteran's appeals for service connection regarding myopericarditis, anemia with agranulocytosis, and cellulitis of the back with ulceration and skin grafting have been dismissed due to untimely notices of disagreement.,The Veteran's appeals were submitted under systems that predated the effective date of the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA), which became effective in 2019. The VA received the NODs after these decisions had already been appealed and decided.
The deciding factor: The notices of disagreement were filed outside the one-year period allowed by regulation for filing an appeal under either the legacy or modernized review systems.
- Claimed conditions
- myopericarditis, anemia with agranulocytosis, cellulitis of the back with ulceration and skin grafting
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2026
- Citation
- A26007449
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a heart disability, including myopericarditis, as there is no current evidence of a residual disability and the in-service episode was self-limiting.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected myopericarditis does not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent, as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation based on METs or cardiac function.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected myopericarditis is being remanded due to the need for additional development of evidence, including obtaining relevant treatment records and scheduling a VA examination.
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