The appeal for service connection of a right hand disorder is dismissed due to the Veteran'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 this appeal at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142610
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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