The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death before a decision could be made.
The deciding factor: The veteran died before the Board could make a decision on his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular accident
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0700329
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for adrenal gland tumor, hypertension, enlarged node of the breast, congestive heart failure, kidney disability, pulmonary edema, cerebrovascular accident, Conn's disease, and paralysis of left lower extremity to obtain a VA examination and opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for residuals of cerebrovascular accident, as secondary to service-connected hypertension. The Veteran's claim will be further evaluated with an addendum opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding the etiology of his cerebrovascular accident, which caused his visual field defect.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence to support exposure to herbicides during active service and thus denying presumptive service connection.
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