Citation Nr: 21002564 Decision Date: 01/14/21 Archive Date: 01/14/21 DOCKET NO. 12-06 762 DATE: January 14, 2021 ORDER The appeal as to service connection for a heart disability is dismissed as moot. The appeal as to service connection for a respiratory disability is dismissed as moot. FINDING OF FACT An August 2020 rating decision granted service connection for heart and respiratory disabilities. CONCLUSION OF LAW The claims for service connection for heart and respiratory disabilities are dismissed as moot. 38 U.S.C. §§ 7104, 7105; 38 C.F.R. § 20.101. REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION The Veteran served on active duty from June 1969 to January 1972. The Board remanded the claims for entitlement to service connection for heart and respiratory disabilities for additional development in February 2020. While in remand status, an August 2020 rating decision granted service connection for heart and respiratory disabilities. The grant of service connection constitutes a full award of the benefits sought on appeal with respect to the claims for service connection. See Grantham v. Brown, 114 F. 3d 1156, 1158 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (holding that a separate notice of disagreement must be filed to initiate appellate review of “downstream” elements such as the disability rating or effective date assigned). Neither the Veteran nor his representative has raised any other issues, nor have any other issues been reasonably raised by the record. See Doucette v. Shulkin, 28 Vet. App. 366, 69-70 (2017) (confirming that the Board is not required to address issues unless they are specifically raised by the claimant or reasonably raised by the evidence of record). Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed as moot. JOHN Z. JONES Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board A. Hemphill 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 This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.