The Veteran's appeal for service connection for focal seizures as a residual of an in-service head injury or due to his service-connected depressive neurosis, organic brain disorder, and dementia has been dismissed because the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, thus losing jurisdiction over the merits of the case.
- Claimed conditions
- focal seizures, depressive neurosis, organic brain disorder, dementia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140289
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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