Citation Nr: 18144421
Decision Date: 10/24/18	Archive Date: 10/24/18

DOCKET NO. 16-24 773
DATE:	October 24, 2018
ORDER
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability is dismissed.  
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a left shoulder disability is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a right elbow disability is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a lumbar spine disability is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for an eye disability (claimed as vision problems) is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a heart disability, including hypertension, is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a left inguinal hernia is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for knots on head and chest is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a skin disability other than service-connected eczematous dermatitis is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a respiratory disability is dismissed.
The claim seeking to reopen a previously denied service connection claim for a left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for a bilateral hand disability is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for multiple myeloma is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for fibromyalgia is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for a cervical spine disability is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for blood clots is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for liver atelectasis is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for a prostate disability is dismissed.
The claim seeking service connection for Hodgkin’s lymphoma is dismissed.
The claim seeking an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction is dismissed.
The claim seeking an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is dismissed.  
The claim seeking an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is dismissed.  
The claim seeking a rating in excess of 60 percent for eczematous dermatitis is dismissed.  
The claim seeking an effective date earlier than March 13, 2014 for the award of an increased 60 percent rating for eczematous dermatitis is dismissed.
The claim seeking an effective date earlier than February 3, 2014 for the award of service connection for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is dismissed.
The claim seeking an effective date earlier than September 19, 2013 for the award of service connection for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is dismissed. 
FINDING OF FACT
The Veteran died in September 2018, prior to the Board’s promulgation of a decision on his claims perfected for appeal.  
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
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.  
REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION
The Veteran served on active duty in the United States Army from October 1965 to October 1968.  
These matters come before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from September 2012 (erectile dysfunction) and November 2014 rating decisions by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO).  
The Veteran died in September 2018, during the pendency of this appeal and prior to the Board’s promulgation of a decision of the issues currently on appeal.  
As a matter of law, appellants’ claims do not survive their deaths.  See 38 U.S.C. § 7104(a); 38 C.F.R. § 20.1302. Accordingly, the appeal on the merits has become moot by virtue of the death of the appellant and must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Id. 
In reaching this determination, the Board intimates no opinion as to the merits of this appeal or to any derivative claim brought by a survivor of the appellant. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1106. 
 
S. BUSH
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	J. Marley, Counsel