Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of psychiatric disorders was dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The decision does not affect the right of an eligible person to continue the appeal through substitution.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot issue a decision on the underlying claim because the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, bipolar disorder, sleep disturbance, schizoaffective disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002623
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