The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death. No claims have been decided.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, and therefore no decisions can be made on the merits of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- dental root canal, bilateral hearing loss, ear condition, left knee disability, right knee disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, right ankle disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, pancreatic cyst gastrotomy, hypertension, headaches, radiculopathy of right lower extremity, lateral collateral ligament sprain of left ankle, tinnitus, painful scar status post hernia repair, lumbosacral strain and degenerative arthritis of the spine, ilio-inguinal nerve pain status post hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1747759
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess his bilateral knee and hip disabilities.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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