The Board has dismissed the veteran's appeals regarding entitlement to increased pension benefits, higher evaluation for left nephrolithiasis with lithotripsy and other issues due to lack of adequate substantive appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not file an adequate substantive appeal within the required time frame as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- left nephrolithiasis with lithotripsy, left ureteropelvic obstruction, post ureteroplasty, hydronephrosis, arterial hypertension, right bundle branch block, post coronary artery bypass
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0014004
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, right bundle branch block, diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral upper extremity neuropathy and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy. The claim of service connection for tremors (claimed as Parkinsonism/Parkinson-like symptoms) is remanded due to a duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's hydronephrosis is granted with a 10 percent evaluation effective August 23, 2011. The Board remanded the case for further development and consideration of increased evaluations.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the combined effects of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, but denied an increased rating for hydronephrosis.
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