The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and therefore the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- functional gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1637444
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's functional gastrointestinal disorder, including gastroenteritis with diarrhea symptoms, is found to have its onset during service and the claim for service connection is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's functional gastrointestinal disorder, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), is presumed to be related to his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War era. The Board granted service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for celiac disease, functional gastrointestinal disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, and medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, swollen lymph nodes, sinusitis, hypercalciuria, and a functional gastrointestinal disorder as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or nexus to service.
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