The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for his low back disability and radiculopathy, left lower extremity are dismissed. The Board grants a TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected conditions which render him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine intervertebral disc syndrome, degenerative disc and joint disease, radiculopathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18116892
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, lower back condition, radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, and bilateral hearing loss.,There is no evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all appeal issues as the Veteran withdrew his appeals prior to a decision being made.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for thoracolumbar spine and secondary service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for lumbosacral spine intervertebral disc syndrome, L5 S1 disc herniation, and strain residuals and thoracic spine strain residuals.,The Board also denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for left lower extremity sciatic and femoral nerve radiculopathy.
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