The appeal of entitlement to service connection for amyloidosis and pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) is dismissed due to a non-jurisdictional procedural defect.
The deciding factor: The claims are not eligible for consideration under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) due to a non-jurisdictional procedural defect.
- Claimed conditions
- amyloidosis, pulmonary vascular disease (PVD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25052633
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for residuals of a Covid disability was dismissed due to the untimely filing of a notice of disagreement. The claim for amyloidosis is remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 4, 2018, for the grant of service connection for amyloidosis based on a direct basis.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for amyloidosis, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between the condition and the Veteran's active service or exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma and pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding their etiology, including whether they are related to the Veteran's active service or secondary to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.
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