The Veteran's appeal for service connection for non-Hodgkins lymphoma and chronic lymphoma leukemia has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, thus the Board had no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- non-Hodgkins lymphoma, chronic lymphoma leukemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20020993
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's sleep apnea, prostate cancer, and non-Hodgkins lymphoma have been granted service connection on a direct basis.,Reasonable doubt has been resolved in favor of the Veteran for all three conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic lymphoma leukemia to verify the Veteran's dates of service and alleged exposures at Camp Pendleton and El Toro.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, GERD, erectile dysfunction, right and left upper extremity neuropathy, and right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy were granted in the March 20, 2023 rating decision. The appeal is denied as the Appellant is not eligible for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in this decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development regarding exposure to RDX, a chemical compound used in hand grenades at Fort Jackson. The issues of service connection for non-Hodgkins lymphoma and heart condition are also being remanded.
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