The Veteran's appeals for service connection for left hip musculoskeletal disability and left hip scar have been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of these appeals, thus the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate their merits.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip musculoskeletal disability, left hip scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20065334
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer, under the PACT Act and remanded several other claims related to various disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and service connection, as well as an initial compensable rating.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 13, 2022, for the grant of service connection for a left hip total joint replacement and a left hip scar, but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's bilateral knee and hip conditions, except for a 50 percent rating from November 29, 2019, for right hip status post arthroplasty and a similar rating for left hip status post arthroplasty. The effective date for service connection of scars on the knees and hips was set to May 17, 2021.
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