The Board has denied the veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for liver damage, left shoulder joint arthritis, right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, left knee degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, chronic cervical strain with radiculopathy and neuropathy, lumbar strain, allergic rhinitis, and PTSD. The Board has also remanded the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for prurigo to the RO for additional development. In September 2019, the RO granted the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for prurigo and assigned a 10 percent disability rating effective August 14, 2013. As this constitutes a full grant of the benefit sought on appeal, the appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The September 2019 grant of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for prurigo rendered moot the sole claim over which the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) has jurisdiction.
- Claimed conditions
- prurigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189731
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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