The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The claim was for service connection for a right eye condition, which is secondary to service-connected dermatitis of the feet.
The deciding factor: The veteran died during the pendency of the appeal and thus no jurisdiction remains for adjudicating the merits of the case.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0214947
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability, and the claims were not supported by competent medical or lay evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted the Veteran's request to readjudicate the previously denied claims of entitlement to service connection for right eye and right shoulder. The matters are remanded so the AOJ may consider the claims on their merits.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various conditions, including left eye condition, right eye condition, hypertension, left knee, right knee, obstructive sleep apnea, and coronary artery disease (CAD), as well as denied an earlier effective date for CAD.
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