The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition to include PTSD, initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for coronary artery disease, and individual unemployability due to the death of the appellant during the appeal process.
The deciding factor: The appellant died during the pendency of the appeal, thus the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric condition (including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD))
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23059435
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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