The Veteran's appeals for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) have been dismissed due to his death. The appeal is also dismissed because the Veteran did not submit a timely notice of disagreement regarding his claim to reopen service connection for skin cancer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeals, making it impossible to adjudicate the merits of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- unknown
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160905
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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