Source: https://va-claim.com/2018/10/26/entitlement-to-service-connection-for-a-left-right-knee-disorder-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-deceased-dismissedcitation-nr-1829784/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 08:44:03+00:00

Document:
1.  Entitlement to service connection for a left knee disorder.
2.  Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disorder.
3.  Entitlement to service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The Veteran served on active duty in the United States Navy from August 1965 to September 1968.
This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal from a September 2013 rating decision from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO).
The Veteran died in July 2018.
Due to the death of the Veteran, the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this appeal at this time.  38 U.S.C. § 7104(a); 38 C.F.R. § 20.1302.
The Board's dismissal of this appeal does not affect the right of an eligible person to file a request to be substituted as the appellant for purposes of processing the claim to completion.  Such request must be filed not later than one year after the date of the appellant's death.  See 38 U.S.C. § 5121A; 38 C.F.R. § 3.1010(b).  A person eligible for substitution includes "a living person who would be eligible to receive accrued benefits due to the claimant under section 5121(a) of this title ...."  38 U.S.C. § 5121A; see 38 C.F.R. § 3.1010(a).  An eligible party seeking substitution in an appeal that has been dismissed by the Board due to the death of the claimant should file a request for substitution with the VA office from which the claim originated (listed on the first page of this decision).  38 C.F.R. § 3.1010(b).

References: § 7104
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