The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a psychiatric condition has been dismissed due to his death. The Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim as he passed away during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, rendering the appeal moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2023
- Citation
- A23036013
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims of service connection for psychiatric, left knee, right knee, and bilateral hearing loss conditions have been dismissed as the evidence does not meet the criteria for direct service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric condition is granted with a 50% evaluation effective June 2, 2020.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for an earlier effective date of April 9, 2020 for a 100 percent evaluation of service-connected psychiatric condition as the Veteran's representative withdrew the issue.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a TDIU and DEA benefits for the period from March 8, 2010.,An effective date of March 8, 2010, but no earlier, is granted for these awards.
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