The Board has dismissed all claims of service connection due to the Veteran's death during the appeal process.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeals, and therefore the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right plantar fasciitis, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, upper back and lower back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, left achilles tendon/left ankle disability, right ankle disability, upper left leg muscle tear, bilateral ear infections, sinusitis, respiratory disability (including asthma, parenchymal lung disease, bronchitis and pneumonia), gastrointestinal disability (including stomach ulcer), hematuria, prostate disability (including prostate cancer), lipoma of the right side of the abdomen, residuals of plantar warts, paresthesia/neuropathy of the left lower extremity, paresthesia/neuropathy of the right lower extremity, seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19131945
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,726 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess his bilateral knee and hip disabilities.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient rationale in the July 2012 VA examination for the Veteran's left knee disability, and a new addendum opinion is needed.
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