The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death.
The deciding factor: The veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, thus the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- deep vein thrombosis of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0125821
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for hypertension and deep vein thrombosis of the right leg have been denied. The reduction in his disability rating for generalized anxiety disorder from 50% to 30% has also been denied.,Service connection was not granted because there is no current diagnosis of hypertension as defined by VA standards.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy, erectile dysfunction, and deep vein thrombosis of the right leg due to inadequate medical opinions and failure to consider all theories reasonably raised by the record.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for deep vein thrombosis of the right leg is being remanded due to a duty to assist error involving missing service medical records.
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