The appeal seeking service connection for fatigue and dizziness is dismissed. Service connection for a disability productive of bilateral lower extremity pain and numbness, to include bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy and neurogenic claudication, secondary to the service-connected lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for fatigue and dizziness during a March 2018 Board hearing. The current diagnoses of bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy and neurogenic claudication are related to the service-connected lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue, dizziness, bilateral lower extremity disability (productive of bilateral lower extremity pain and numbness), cervical spine disability, bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18108781
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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