The Veteran's appeal for service connection of cognitive impairment has been dismissed due to his death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, and therefore the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- cognitive impairment
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19181395
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 granted service connection for left shoulder osteoarthritis and remanded the other claims for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal to obtain potentially relevant treatment records from Wilford Hall Medical Center and the prison system.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for various conditions, including emotional changes, weakness, difficulty concentrating, behavioral changes, cognitive impairment, decreased memory concentration and attention, memory loss, delayed reaction time, dizziness and vertigo, sleep disturbance, and difficulty hearing in noisy situations. The Veteran was also granted a 100 percent disability rating for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Partly granted
The appeals for higher ratings of cognitive impairment and depression, as well as service connection for hypertension, were dismissed due to untimely filing. The appeal for a higher rating for adjustment disorder was remanded because the veteran did not receive an informal conference.
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