The Veteran's appeal for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to loss of vision in the right eye has been dismissed because the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died, thus the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of vision, right eye
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000300
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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