The veteran's appeal is dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.
The deciding factor: The veteran died while his claim was pending, making it impossible for the Board to make a decision on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound to the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0606481
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,547 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected gunshot wound to the left leg was denied, but he received a separate compensable rating of 10 percent for paralysis of the external popliteal nerve.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal regarding the increased ratings for residuals of a gunshot wound to the left leg and left above knee amputation (previously evaluated as osteomyelitis of the left tibia).
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, which include multiple injuries incurred in action and posttraumatic stress disorder, are found to be so disabling that they prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board grants a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied reopening the claim for residuals of a gunshot wound to the left leg, finding that new and material evidence had not been received since the November 2004 denial.
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