The Veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, and therefore the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19185200
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for a mental disorder and PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied a higher rating for PTSD, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining SSA records and a more nuanced etiological opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, hypertension (HTN), and residuals of a stroke.
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