The appeal for a special home adaptation grant is dismissed as the Veteran has already been found eligible for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for eligibility for a special home adaptation grant was rendered moot due to his previous finding of eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer of the face
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19181621
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for skin cancer of the face, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between the Veteran's in-service experiences and his current condition.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current diagnoses for skin cancer, renal dysfunction (claimed as hematuria), a back condition, bilateral eye condition, hypertension, or heart condition. Therefore, service connection is denied for all of these claims.
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