The Veteran's appeal for service connection for poor vision was dismissed due to his death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, and therefore the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- poor vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20064348
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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