The Veteran's appeal for service connection on secondary to herbicide exposure has been dismissed due to his death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, and jurisdiction over the appeal is no longer valid.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, ischemic neuropathy with renal artery stenosis, status post renal failure and renal stenting, peripheral vascular disease with anterior tibial stenosis of the right lower extremity, peripheral vascular disease with anterior tibial stenosis of the left lower extremity, peripheral arterial disease, status post iliac stents of the right lower extremity, peripheral arterial disease, status post iliac stents of the left lower extremity, mycobacterium avium intracellulare, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetic neuropathy of the right lower extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the left lower extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the right upper extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2017
- Citation
- 1749316
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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