Your appeal has been dismissed because the Veteran died during the pendency of this appeal. The Board does not have jurisdiction to decide your claim now.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's death made it impossible for the Board to proceed with the claims as they are no longer alive.
- Claimed conditions
- carpal tunnel syndrome of the right hand, diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19108833
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension, COPD, diabetes mellitus type II, diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, OSA, left and right below knee amputations, bilateral lower extremity scars, and CAD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities and low back disorder were denied. The effective dates for these conditions are not specified as they have been granted on a direct basis.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted an automobile allowance due to his service-connected diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, which manifests in effective loss of use of his feet.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome of the right hand based on new and relevant evidence.
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