The Board has dismissed all claims due to the Veteran's death, as they have no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these cases.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal and thus the Board lacks jurisdiction over the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified mental disorder, fractured nose, major seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20063674
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis for any of the claimed conditions and thus, service connection is denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's unspecified mental disorder is related to service and granted service connection for this condition.
- Partly granted
The Board granted total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's unspecified mental disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a fractured nose, deviated septum, and nosebleed because the medical opinion was inadequate. The Veteran's in-service nasal fracture is conceded, but the current condition needs further evaluation.
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