The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The issues of increased rating for cephalgia and reopening service connection for a lumbosacral disorder are no longer before the Board.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, thus the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- cephalgia, lumbosacral disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2015
- Citation
- 1507385
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 the Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbosacral disorder and degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, finding no evidence of these conditions during his military service or post-service. The Board concluded that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of back and neck disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating higher than 30 percent for service-connected cephalgia is being remanded due to the AOJ failing to provide notice of his right to a pre-decisional hearing with the supplemental claim option.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinea pedis of the left foot and remanded claims for a bilateral foot disorder, cervical disorder, left shoulder disorder, lumbosacral disorder, right shoulder disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and eardrum disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including a 10 percent rating for nasal fracture residuals and bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, dermatosis, lumbosacral disorder, left wrist disorder, left knee disorder, right ankle disorder, PTSD, chronic sinusitis, and IBS. The remaining issues were remanded.
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