Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a right hand disability, hypertension, and lung cancer was dismissed due to improper substitution of the claimant.
The deciding factor: The appellant is not a properly substituted claimant as she is not the Veteran's surviving spouse according to the law governing accrued benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand disability, hypertension, lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101757
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