The appeal for service connection of Alzheimer's disease has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and as a matter of law, appellants' claims do not survive their deaths.
- Claimed conditions
- Alzheimer’s disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2021
- Citation
- 21011786
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran's Alzheimer’s disease is not related to service and denied his claim.,The Board also found no evidence of bilateral hearing loss due to in-service noise exposure and denied his claim for this condition.,For the remaining conditions, including bilateral upper and lower diabetic neuropathy, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, psoriasis, kidney condition, coronary artery disease, Bell's Palsy, and prostate cancer, additional development is required as no medical nexus opinions have been provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to obtain the Veteran's complete service treatment records and to ensure proper notification of their unavailability. The issues of service connection for various disabilities are being remanded.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, cerebral embolism, and right knee disorder have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the nonservice-connected pension benefits appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal before a decision was made.
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