The Board has dismissed all service connection claims due to the appellant's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims as a matter of law.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines, acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, depression, anxiety and depersonalization disorder), immune disorder, arteriosclerotic heart disease, sleep apnea, chronic lymphatic leukemia, neck condition, bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder rotator cuff, dyslipidemia, chronic fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19141404
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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