The Veteran's appeals for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for liver infection, bladder infection, and kidney infection have been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, making it impossible for the Board to make a decision on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- liver infection, bladder infection, kidney infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20076424
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss and denied it for right ear hearing loss, bladder infection, and tubal ligation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a lack of VA examinations and requests for TERA examination. The Veteran's bilateral shoulder condition, bilateral knee condition, and kidney infection are not related to his active service or toxic exposure.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy is granted as secondary to his service-connected cervical spine disability. The issues of service connection for bladder infection, right-sided chest pain, and corneal abrasion are remanded.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a current diagnosis of kidney or bladder infections, and thus denied their claims for service connection.
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