The Veteran's appeal for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for left eye loss of vision is dismissed due to the death of the Veteran during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, and appellants' claims do not survive their deaths.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye loss of vision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 25, 2023
- Citation
- A23037218
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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