The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death.
The deciding factor: The veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, thus no jurisdiction remains for adjudicating the merits of his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with ischemia, essential hypertension, chronic lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0610045
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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