The Veteran's appeal to increase his rating for right lower extremity compartment syndrome was denied because the appeal was not filed within one year of the May 25, 2023 decision. The Board found no good cause for extending the filing deadline.
The deciding factor: The appeal was not timely filed due to a failure to meet the one-year time limit from the rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity compartment syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2026
- Citation
- A26015069
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left lower extremity compartment syndrome, and assigned ratings for the Veteran's knee conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for revision of the June 2011 and April 2020 rating decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection has been granted, but the specific conditions are not related to his military service or a service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine if the Veteran is unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.
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