Dismissed
The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and posttraumatic stress disorder was dismissed due to the Veteran's death prior to the submission of a valid substitution request.
The deciding factor: The appeal could not be properly filed as no eligible party had submitted a valid substitution request within one year of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089616
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