The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim as he is deceased.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, thus the Board does not have jurisdiction to proceed with the case.
- Claimed conditions
- acute renal failure, swelling/puffiness of the complete left side of the body, blocked urine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2011
- Citation
- 1145455
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death, including hypertension and diabetes mellitus type II, are presumed to be related to his service in the Republic of Vietnam. The Board has granted service connection for these conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by or the result of any service-connected condition, and there is no evidence to support a presumption of service connection due to herbicide exposure. The Board denied both the claim for service connection for the cause of death and the claim for burial benefits.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and the Board denied service connection for cause of death.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's service-connected conditions did not contribute to his death.
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