The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and perianal abscess due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the legal requirement that the Board cannot issue a decision on the underlying claims when the Veteran has died.
- Claimed conditions
- diverticulitis (also claimed as gastro problems), irritable bowel syndrome (also claimed as swollen and inflamed bowel), perianal abscess
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022295
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions and duty-to-assist errors.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful occupation effective June 14, 2015. Effective that date, a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities on an extraschedular basis is granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected perianal abscess has rendered him unable to secure or maintain a substantially gainful occupation since July 28, 2014.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's perianal abscess (previously evaluated as furunculosis) is being remanded for further review due to the need for additional evidence and consideration of recent VA treatment records.
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