The Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for head injury residuals, including migraines with vision impairment, has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal and thus the Board had no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury residuals, migraines with vision impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066188
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for sinusitis. Other claims were remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, prostate cancer, head injury residuals, a back disorder, a neck disorder, a left hip disorder, and a right hip disorder to correct duty to assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the service connection claim for head injury residuals, including headaches, dizziness, and memory loss due to a duty-to-assist error. The Veteran must be provided with a VA medical examination to determine if his current symptoms are related to his military service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal is dismissed as moot because his Supplemental Claim was granted in full, and there are no remaining issues for appellate consideration.
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