The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal due to his death while the case was pending before the Court.
The deciding factor: The veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, making the decision moot.
- Claimed conditions
- passive-aggressive personality disorder, borderline mental ability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0028773
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
Your appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and passive-aggressive personality disorder has been dismissed as your claim was granted in full with the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if any current psychiatric disorder is related to military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD was granted, but no specific effective date was assigned as it is related to reopening his claim on new evidence.
- Denied
The Board found that the February 1969 rating decision denying service connection for passive-aggressive personality disorder did not contain clear and unmistakable error, and thus denied the Veteran's motion to revise the decision.
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