The Veteran's appeal for service connection of diabetes mellitus, type two was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran passed away before a final decision could be made on his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type two
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19195514
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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