The Board dismissed the appeal because the Appellant did not specify which specific decision or issue she disagreed with, specifically regarding her claim for service connection related to Camp Lejeune exposure.
The deciding factor: The Appellant failed to identify a specific determination with which she disagreed in her Notice of Disagreement.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2026
- Citation
- A26040530
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Board has already granted service connection for the cause of death in a previous decision, and no new issues are pending. The current appeal is dismissed.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death is dismissed due to concurrent election.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of July 1, 2014 for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) based on the appellant's claim received within one year following the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, as well as for basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.,Both claims were based on a claim received by the appellant in July 2018.
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