Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of skin cancer was dismissed because the veteran died while it was pending.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot issue a decision on the underlying claim due to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25005973
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