The Board has dismissed all issues of entitlement to increased ratings for various conditions as the Veteran passed away before a final decision could be made.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's death precluded the Board from making a final determination on the claims due to jurisdictional reasons.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity sciatica, right lower extremity sciatica, lumbar spine disability (low back strain with degenerative disc disease), cervical spine disability, right shoulder degenerative arthritis (right shoulder disability), right knee degenerative arthritis (right knee disability), left knee degenerative arthritis (left knee disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22035496
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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