The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating and earlier effective date for service-connected duodenal ulcer disease, status post vagotomy and antrectomy with bilroth II anastomosis and dumping syndrome has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeals for increased rating and earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- duodenal ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20002542
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for duodenal ulcer disease, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the previously denied claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claim.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for duodenal ulcer disease, cardiovascular disease, including atrial fibrillation, hepatitis, and the residuals of a contusion of the mastoid.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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