Your heart condition was granted service connection in February 2016, but the appeal is dismissed because no disagreement was filed and you have since passed away.
The deciding factor: The claim has been granted with no disagreement and must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
- Claimed conditions
- atriial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19105644
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Granted
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- Granted
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