The Veteran's appeals have been withdrawn, and the claims are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran indicated he wished to withdraw his appeals on all issues related to increased ratings for lumbar spine disabilities and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, as well as an earlier effective date for service connection for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- multilevel degenerative disk disease with disk herniation at L4-5 and spinal canal stenosis at L4-5 and L3-4 levels, lower right extremity radiculopathy, lower left radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1752013
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 50 percent for headaches and remanded the claims for increased ratings in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain, lower right extremity radiculopathy, and lower left extremity radiculopathy.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates prior to October 14, 2020, for service connection were denied as the new evidence received after the November 2012 rating decision was not relevant to his claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for lower right and left extremity radiculopathy are being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error identified during the appeal process.
- Dismissed
Your appeal has been dismissed because the Veteran withdrew his appeal before a decision was made.
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