The Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable evaluation for bladder cancer has been dismissed due to the appellant's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and appellants' claims do not survive their deaths.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20081095
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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- Granted
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