The appeal was dismissed due to the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The Court vacated the Board's decision and dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction due to the veteran's death in October 2007.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus with hypertension and impotence
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2009
- Citation
- 0902288
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Decisions by this judge: 1,515 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus with hypertension and impotence, as the veteran did not have these conditions during or due to military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran is seeking service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus with hypertension and impotence, which he claims are due to herbicide exposure during his service in Guam. The Board has decided that further development is needed to determine if the veteran was exposed to herbicides.
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