Citation Nr: 21008949
Decision Date: 02/18/21	Archive Date: 02/18/21

DOCKET NO. 16-11 534
DATE: February 18, 2021

ORDER

The appeal is dismissed.

FINDING OF FACT

There are no issues currently on appeal before the Board.  

CONCLUSION OF LAW

No issues are currently on appeal before the Board.  38 U.S.C. § 7105; 38 C.F.R. § 20.200.

REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION

1.  Dismissal.  

The Board may dismiss any appeal which fails to allege specific error of fact or law in the determination being appealed.  38 U.S.C. § 7105. The Board has jurisdiction over matters in which a timely, valid Notice of Disagreement (NOD) has been filed.  38 C.F.R. § 19.20.  Effective March 24, 2015, a standard form for a NOD (VA Form 21-0958) is required. 

Here, the Board issued a decision in December 2020 addressing TDIU, and increased rating claims for PTSD and a left elbow disability.  This decision is final.

It appears that at some point, it was brought to the Board’s attention that the Veteran had not received that decision, and steps were taken to address that. One inadvertent step appears to have been to create a Board docket in which the issues listed have already been adjudicated.  Accordingly, the Board will dismiss this case, as there is currently no case or controversy before it with regard to this Veteran.

 

MATTHEW W. BLACKWELDER

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans’ Appeals

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 This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.