The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a right hand/wrist condition has been dismissed due to the appellant's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and as a result, the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand/wrist condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19196971
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right hand/wrist, low back, and left ankle conditions due to a fall from a ladder in-service. Additional medical opinions are needed regarding the etiology of these conditions.
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