The Veteran's appeal for service connection for Parkinson’s disease has been dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and appellants' claims do not survive their deaths.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson’s disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20068946
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to the need to obtain additional medical records. The Veteran's claims for service connection for right ear hearing loss, Parkinson’s disease, and type 2 diabetes mellitus are currently pending.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims for the Veteran's listed conditions, including those related to herbicide exposure, due to his death.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for Parkinson’s disease, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy have been dismissed.,The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for TBI, headaches, and depressive disorder are being remanded for further evaluation.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for Parkinson’s disease and associated tremors in the right arm, hand, leg, and foot are granted due to presumed exposure to herbicides during his active service.
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