The Veteran's appeal for service connection of right foot bone spurs was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran passed away before a decision could be made, and appellants' claims do not survive their deaths.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot bone spurs
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2023
- Citation
- A23037391
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several left-sided joint conditions and a right shoulder disability, while denying service connection for a skeletal system disorder other than degenerative arthritis and a right knee disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability in any of them.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for right knee strain, left knee strain, and right foot bone spurs.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for hepatitis C, left foot bone spurs, and right foot bone spurs due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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