Citation Nr: 20047590 Decision Date: 07/16/20 Archive Date: 07/16/20 DOCKET NO. 15-36 926 DATE: July 16, 2020 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for varicose veins, right lower extremity is dismissed. Entitlement to service connection for varicose veins, left lower extremity is dismissed. FINDING OF FACT In a June 2020 rating decision, the RO awarded service connection for varicose veins of the right and left lower extremities which was considered a full grant of the benefits sought. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. As the June 2020 rating decision awarded service connection for varicose veins, right lower extremity, there remains no case or controversy over the current issue of entitlement to service connection for varicose veins, right lower extremity. 38 U.S.C. §§ 511, 5107, 7104 (2012); 38 C.F.R. §§ 19.4, 19.5, 20.101 (2019).   2. As the June 2020 rating decision awarded service connection for varicose veins, left lower extremity, there remains no case or controversy over the current issue of entitlement to service connection for varicose veins, left lower extremity. 38 U.S.C. §§ 511, 5107, 7104 (2012); 38 C.F.R. §§ 19.4, 19.5, 20.101 (2019). REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSIONS The Veteran served on active duty from March 1966 to March 1968. A hearing was held before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge (VLJ) in June 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. The transcript is of record. During the hearing, the VLJ clarified the issues, asked if there was outstanding evidence and held the file open for the submission of evidence. Such actions comply with 38 C.F.R. § 3.103. Service Connection The Secretary shall decide all questions of law and fact necessary to a decision by the Secretary under a law that affects the provision of benefits by the Secretary to veterans or the dependents or survivors of veterans. 38 U.S.C. § 511(a); 38 C.F.R. § 20.101(a). One of the principal functions of the Board is to make determinations of appellate jurisdiction. 38 C.F.R. § 19.4. The Board may address questions pertaining to its jurisdictional authority to review a particular case or issue. 38 C.F.R. § 20.101(d). In November 2019, the Board remanded claims of service connection for varicose veins of the right and left lower extremities. Thereafter, in a June 2020 rating decision, the RO awarded service connection for these claims. Accordingly, with respect to the Veteran’s current claims of entitlement to service connection for varicose veins of the right and left lower extremities that are currently before the Board, there is no longer any case or controversy pending before the Board for these issues as contemplated by 38 U.S.C. §§ 7104, 7105, and 38 C.F.R. § 19.4. In the absence of any justiciable question, the appeal as to this matter must be dismissed. H. N. SCHWARTZ Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board Arif Syed, Counsel The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.