The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and no service connection decision could be made.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, thus the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this case.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1701355
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found new and relevant evidence to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, a bilateral shoulder condition, a bilateral leg condition, a neck condition, and a keloid condition. These claims are remanded for further adjudication by the AOJ.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection related to bilateral leg condition, bilateral foot condition, nerve damage (non-specific), and lumbar strain should be remanded due to missing National Guard service treatment records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic dizziness or vertigo, but remanded the claims for a left shoulder condition, diabetes mellitus, type II, bilateral hip and pelvis conditions, bilateral ankle condition, and bilateral leg condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot, leg, hip and low back condition as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were directly related to active-duty service or secondary to a service-connected knee condition.
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