Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a lumbosacral spine disability and an acquired psychiatric disability is dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot issue a decision on the underlying claims at this time and must dismiss the appeal as a matter of law.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disability, acquired psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107098
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