The Veteran's appeal for increased disability ratings and TDIU is dismissed due to his death. The Board cannot issue a decision on the underlying claims at this time.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, making it impossible to adjudicate the merits of the case.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, opioid use disorder, alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2024
- Citation
- A24059940
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims, including his request for a higher level review of the August 26, 2022 decision denying his claim of clear and unmistakable error in an August 16, 2013 rating decision, are being remanded. The AOJ must address whether the September 8, 2021 decision addressed his April 21, 2022 claim for a CUE.
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