The veteran's claim for service connection for Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) is moot as the condition was already awarded in a prior decision. The claim for an earlier effective date for total rating based on individual unemployability also lacks legal merit or entitlement under the law.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected vascular insufficiency of the lower extremities included Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) and frostbite residuals, which were already awarded in a prior decision. The effective date claim is dismissed as the benefits were not 'due and unpaid' for two years prior to the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans), frostbite residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2001
- Citation
- 0124040
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for frostbite residuals and remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (including underlying service connection for hypothyroidism) and nonservice-connected pension.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and denied service connection for anemia, high cholesterol, muscle aches, benign prostatic hyperplasia, erectile dysfunction, frostbite residuals, gonorrhea residuals, and hypertension.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection due to procedural defects in filing.
- Granted
The Veteran's back condition is granted service connection, while the frostbite residuals of the bilateral feet are remanded for further review.
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