The Veteran's appeal for an increased disability rating for gestational diabetes mellitus has been dismissed due to their passing away. The Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim as the appellant is deceased.
The deciding factor: The Veteran passed away during the pendency of the appeal, making it impossible to proceed with the decision on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- gestational diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19188456
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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