The appeal is dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no effective date prior to May 5, 2015 for the 100 percent evaluation of hypertensive heart disease (previously rated as coronary artery disease with hypertension) can be granted.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, making it impossible to adjudicate the merits of this case.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive heart disease, coronary artery disease with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18150140
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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