The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the claim has been reopened based on new evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, which resulted in the dismissal of the case as there is no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the appeal at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- early-onset peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1744679
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 ischemic heart disease and early-onset peripheral neuropathy, finding no evidence of these conditions during the Veteran's service or after. The earliest effective date for entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death was February 3, 2006.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for early-onset peripheral neuropathy was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for PTSD and early-onset peripheral neuropathy are being remanded due to pending development requests. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for type II diabetes mellitus, early-onset peripheral neuropathy, and chloracne or other acneform disease consistent with chloracne due to herbicide exposure. The decision is based on the need for additional development regarding whether the Veteran served within the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN).
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