The appeal for service connection for a disability of the left knee and a disability of the right knee is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The appeal must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- disability of the left knee, disability of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21061846
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 appeal for service connection for disabilities of the right and left knees is remanded due to incomplete verification of dates of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and lack of medical records from before the Veteran's period of active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and TDIU due to further development of evidence.
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