The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection as they are related to a deceased Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, thus the Board lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- acute stroke, thrombosis, TIA, cerebral infarction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159746
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,762 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic kidney disease and cerebral infarction (claimed as a stroke), finding that these conditions are proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, accrued benefits, and survivors pension.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cerebral infarction and dizziness, and assigned a 50% rating for migraine headaches starting from May 30, 2019.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including diverticulosis, atrial fibrillation, cerebral infarction, COPD, benign prostatic hyperplasia, lumbar spine disability, left hip disability, and right hip disability, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.
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