The veteran's appeal for an initial compensable evaluation for pseudofolliculitis has been dismissed due to his death.
The deciding factor: The veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, making it impossible to adjudicate the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0617107
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and rating claims, resulting in the dismissal of each claim.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, but denied increased ratings for the Veteran's foot, cervical spine, lumbosacral spine, psychiatric disorder, and other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pseudofolliculitis, finding that there was no current disability and no evidence of a relationship between the claimed condition and military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and TDIU due to a need for further development of evidence.
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