Dismissed
The Board's February 2022 decision regarding service connection for throat cancer has been vacated due to the Veteran's death before the decision was issued.
The deciding factor: The Board did not have notice of the Veteran's death at the time of its February 2022 decision, which denied due process.
- Claimed conditions
- throat cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25003724
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