The Veteran's appeals for higher ratings on his adjustment disorder and cognitive impairment were dismissed due to untimely Notice of Disagreement filings.
The deciding factor: The Veteran filed his NODs more than one year after the respective rating decisions, which is beyond the statutory time limit for timely appeals.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and cognitive impairment, cognitive impairment
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2026
- Citation
- A26012513
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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