The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims due to the death of the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss, tinnitus, unspecified disability associated with chemical solvent exposure, arthritis of the left hip, arthritis of the right hip, arthritis of the left knee, arthritis of the right knee, arthritis of the left hand, arthritis of the right hand, neuropathy of the left hand, neuropathy of the right hand, neuropathy of the left foot, neuropathy of the right foot, sleep disability, lower urinary tract symptoms, to include microhematuria, pyuria, and urgency incontinence (claimed as prostate condition with urinary incontinence), duodenal ulcer with vagotomy and pyloroplasty
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0813866
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 25, 2022, for the award of service connection for tinnitus and a 100 percent initial rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
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