The Board dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed as a matter of law due to the Veteran's passing, and no one has requested substitution for the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal aortic aneurysm, hyperplasia of prostate, left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease and peripheral arterial occlusive disease, left upper extremity deep venous thrombosis of the leg and chronic limb ischemia, right upper extremity deep venous thrombosis of the leg and chronic limb ischemia, left upper extremity peripheral vascular disease and peripheral arterial occlusive disease, right upper extremity peripheral vascular disease and peripheral arterial occlusive disease, vascular graft infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039866
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,170 · Granted: 38% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to a duty to assist error. The Board finds that the Veteran may have been exposed to toxic substances during his service, including RF radiation and asbestos. However, VA did not obtain an opinion regarding the relationship between these exposures and the claimed conditions.
- Granted
The Board has restored service connection for the Veteran's abdominal aortic aneurysm as secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the original grant of service connection was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for abdominal aortic aneurysm, left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, and erectile dysfunction were denied as there was no prior claim filed before August 15, 2022.,The Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ were also denied as there was no prior claim filed before August 15, 2022.,Eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 USC chapter 35 was denied as the Veteran did not have a permanent and total service-connected disability prior to August 15, 2022.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's abdominal aortic aneurysm, specifically addressing whether it is at least as likely as not caused by exposure to herbicide agents and asbestos during service.
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