The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran died, which resulted in the Board having no jurisdiction over the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury involving the legs, residuals of shell fragment wound, involving the right thumb, neck scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0416028
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 granted service connection for a thyroid disability, to include multinodular goiter and malignant tumor of the thymus status post total thyroidectomy with secondary hypothyroidism as secondary to Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosing type, blast rich and thymoma, and also granted service connection for a neck scar associated with this thyroid disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of the 10 percent rating for residuals of thyroid cancer, status post thyroidectomy and denied a compensable rating for the neck scar, s/p thyroidectomy, as well as ratings in excess of 10 percent for xeroderma and service connection for blurred vision, secondary to the thyroid condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to duty to assist errors and the need for a medical examination under the PACT Act.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a compensable rating for a neck scar, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this issue.
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