The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased disability evaluations for residuals of a lumbar spine injury, right shoulder injury, and cervical spine injury due to her failure to report for scheduled VA examinations. The current level of severity of these disabilities could not be determined without updated examination.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to report for scheduled VA examinations which prevented the determination of the current level of severity of her service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a lumbar spine injury, residuals of a right shoulder injury, residuals of a cervical spine injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0028127
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