The appeal for service connection for peripheral artery disease of the lower extremities, as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II, is dismissed due to the appellant's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal and therefore the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral artery disease of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19139650
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Granted
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