The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection due to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- non-Hodgkins lymphoma, piriform sinus squamous cell carcinoma (hypopharyngeal cancer)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166191
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and non-Hodgkins lymphoma due to in-service herbicide exposure at Kadena Air Base. The VA is instructed to seek information from the JSRRC regarding whether the 603rd Military Airlift Support Squadron worked on or serviced C-123 aircraft that were known to have sprayed herbicide agents during the Veteran's service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and non-Hodgkins lymphoma, finding no evidence of herbicide exposure during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, claimed as due to exposure to herbicides (Agent Orange), is being remanded for additional development including verifying the veteran's presence in Vietnam while aboard the U.S.S. Tower.
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