The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant, and thus the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, resulting in a lack of jurisdiction for the Board to proceed with the case.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of the left kidney
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2012
- Citation
- 1228268
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left kidney condition, finding that the Veteran's current condition is due to a congenital defect (ureteropelvic junction obstruction) and not related to any disease or injury incurred during service.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's left kidney condition is a congenital defect and not related to his military service, thus denying his claim for service connection.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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