The appeal concerning the service connection for removal of gallbladder, right great toe amputation, and a rating in excess of 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, resulting in the dismissal of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- removal of gallbladder, right great toe amputation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2026
- Citation
- A26030744
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error in failing to obtain VA and private medical records related to the Veteran's right great toe amputation. The Veteran will need to provide information about his treatment providers and authorize release of their records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to the service-connected lumbosacral strain status post spinal fusion L2-S1, but denied other claims.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for right great toe amputation, finding that it was a complication of nonservice-connected diabetes mellitus and not caused or aggravated by any service-connected condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic kidney failure, right leg amputation, and various peripheral neuropathies, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since March 4, 2011. The effective date for TDIU is set at this date.
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