The Board has dismissed all appeals related to the Veteran's knee conditions due to his death.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, thus the Board lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- limited extension of the right knee, status-post right knee medial meniscectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19171326
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating greater than 10 percent for right knee internal derangement, chondromalacia, and degenerative arthritis with painful motion, denied a compensable rating for the same condition with limited extension, but granted a 10 percent rating for right lateral knee instability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right knee, tinnitus, and bilateral uveitis, finding that the current ratings were appropriate based on the evidence of record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development to correct a duty to assist error related to an August 2023 examination report that did not consider the ameliorative effects of medication when evaluating the current nature and severity of the right knee disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues for further evaluation due to inadequate VA examinations.
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