The Board has dismissed the Veteran's service connection claims for various injuries and conditions due to an error in processing his appeal under the Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP).
The deciding factor: The matter was erroneously certified to the Board in the legacy system, resulting in jurisdictional issues.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder fracture, bayonet injury to eye, cardiovascular condition, facial injury due to explosion, chest injury due to explosion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20039326
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Remanded (sent back)
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