The Veteran's appeals for service connection on the merits have been dismissed due to his death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died while his appeal was pending, and therefore the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain Disorder (claimed as a brain tumor with seizures, epilepsy, lesion of the left temporal brain, abnormal signal intensity, and low phenytoin prophylaxis), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Skin Disorder, Gastric Cancer, Helicobacter pylori infection with stomach pain, indigestion, ulcers, and bleeding from the rectum
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22065928
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the appellant's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 21, 2007, for the award of service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder with anxious distress.
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