The Board has dismissed the claims for a higher rating for generalized fungus infection and service connection for kidney disability, as the appellant died during the appeal process.
The deciding factor: The appellant's death made it impossible to adjudicate the merits of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized fungus infection, kidney disability, to include kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20042233
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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