The Veteran's appeal of the claim for service connection for chronic bladder infections has been dismissed due to a prior Board decision granting compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for right kidney disability and bladder infections resulting from surgical procedures performed at a VA medical facility in 1980.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim of service connection for chronic bladder infections was moot due to the prior Board decision granting compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for right kidney disability and bladder infections resulting from surgical procedures performed at a VA medical facility in 1980.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of right kidney function, chronic bladder infections
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1025151
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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