The Board determined that the appellant's claim was not well-grounded and dismissed it due to her failure to respond to VA requests for information.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to provide requested evidence within one year, leading to abandonment of her claim.
- Claimed conditions
- hepato-renal syndrome, hemorrhagic pancreatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0015758
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hemorrhagic pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hemorrhagic pancreatitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development and medical opinions regarding service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, exposure to Agent Orange and Camp Lejeune water contamination, diabetes mellitus, type II, and contribution to the Veteran’s death from his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the relationship between his diagnosed hemorrhagic pancreatitis and/or diabetes mellitus and his military service or any incident therein, to include presumed exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to Type II diabetes mellitus, which was presumed to have been caused by his in-service exposure to Agent Orange. The renal disease that led to his death is considered more than likely due to this diabetes.
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