State v. Hogeland

How courts have described this case

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• vacating as ultra vires a Board decision issued without jurisdiction and dismissing appeal
• vacating a Board decision issued after a veteran’s death and dismissing appeal
• “‘[A]ny statutory tribunal must ensure that it has jurisdiction over each case before adjudicating the merits ....’” (quoting Barnett v. Brown, 83 F.3d 1380, 1383 (Fed.Cir.1996) (emphasis in Barnett))
• BVA does not have jurisdiction over appeal when claimant dies during the appeals process
• “[T]he Court always has jurisdiction to determine its jurisdiction over a case.”
• BVA ruling on appeal of deceased claimant constitutes erroneous assertion of jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).