The Veteran's appeals for service connection for peripheral artery disease of the left and right lower extremities have been dismissed due to his death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died, making his pending claims for service connection moot.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral artery disease of the left lower extremity, peripheral artery disease of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1338745
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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