The Veteran's surviving spouse has had the maximum amount for plot or interment costs awarded, making her appeal moot and dismissed.
The deciding factor: The appellant’s son was not authorized to file a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) on behalf of the claimant under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA).
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- A19002551
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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