Citation Nr: 21064059
Decision Date: 10/20/21	Archive Date: 10/20/21

DOCKET NO. 18-45 119
DATE: October 20, 2021

ORDER

Entitlement to service connection for pulmonary fibrosis is dismissed.

FINDING OF FACT

A May 2021 rating decision granted service connection for pulmonary fibrosis.

CONCLUSION OF LAW

The appeal of the issue of entitlement to service connection for a pulmonary fibrosis disability is moot and is therefore dismissed. 38 U.S.C. §§ 7104, 7105.

REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION

The Veteran had active-duty service from April 1958 to February 1960.

This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) from a July 2012 rating decision issued by a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO).

1. Entitlement to service connection for pulmonary fibrosis

In this case, the Board remanded the Veteran's service-connection claim for pulmonary fibrosis in an October 2020 decision. Upon further evidentiary development, the AOJ granted the service-connection claim in a March 2021 rating decision. However, the appeal was returned to the Board. 

As the Veteran's claim for service connection for pulmonary fibrosis has already been granted in full by means of the March 2021 AOJ decision, there is no longer any pending appeal for the Board to adjudicate with respect to that issue. It is therefore moot, and accordingly dismissed.

 

 

Bethany L. Buck

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans' Appeals

Attorney for the Board	S.R. Fey, Associate 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 This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.