The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a disability of the cervical spine and left shoulder has been dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection in a February 2014 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was resolved by a grant of service connection, which included both the claimed cervical spine disorder and the left shoulder injury. As such, there is no longer an issue for appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes of the cervical segment of the spine, Left shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1436858
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a duty-to-assist error in failing to provide a VA examination. The claims will be reconsidered with new evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate VA examinations and requests for new evaluations.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's thoracolumbar spine disorder, but denied service connection for his left and right shoulder injuries.
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