Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed because both the veteran and their spouse, who was substituted as the claimant, have passed away.
The deciding factor: Veterans' claims do not survive their deaths, so the appeal must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006719
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