The appeal for service connection of BPDCN is dismissed due to the appellant's death.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, and therefore the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2023
- Citation
- A23035675
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's claim for service connection for BPDCN is remanded due to new evidence of possible radiation exposure and the need for a medical opinion on the etiology of his condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not adequately developing the Veteran's potential exposures, particularly regarding exposure to jet fuel and vehicle exhaust. The case is remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) as there was no evidence that BPDCN began during active service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
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