Steven Reed v. James B. Peake

ORDER

On August 17, 2007, Mr. Reed filed, through counsel, a Notice of Appeal (NOA), to an August 11, 2006, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) that denied him increased disability ratings for his VA service-connected major-depressive disorder, lumbar-spine disability, and cervical-spine disability. 1 On November 21, 2007, the Secretary filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as untimely. The Secretary argued that before the 120-day appeal period expired, Mr. Reed neither filed a motion for reconsideration regarding the matters denied in the August 2006 Board decision nor an NOA to…