The appeals for service connection for loss of use of both hands and feet due to Agent Orange exposure have been dismissed as the appellant died during the appeal process.
The deciding factor: The appellant's death terminated their active appeal, thus no further action can be taken on these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of both hands, loss of use of both feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22013225
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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