The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for various metastatic cancers and related conditions due to the death of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant, which means the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the appeal at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- Stage IV breast cancer, nerve damage, left upper arm, scars, painful and disfiguring secondary to Stage IV breast cancer with left total mastectomy, bone cancer metastasis of Stage IV breast cancer, liver cancer metastasis of Stage IV breast cancer, lung cancer metastasis of Stage IV breast cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- A19002398
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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