The Veteran's claim for service connection for Lewy Body dementia, secondary to herbicide agent exposure (burn pit), has been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal and thus the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this case.
- Claimed conditions
- Lewy Body dementia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19143764
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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