The Veteran's appeal for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for left lower extremity radiculopathy/sciatica prior to June 19, 2013, and in excess of 20 percent from June 19, 2013 to April 2, 2014 has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal through a written correspondence indicating he wished to stop all action on this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy/sciatica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18147908
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Board granted restoration of a 40 percent rating for the lumbar spine disability, and service connection for right hip arthritis and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy/sciatica as secondary to the lumbar spine degenerative arthritis.
- Partly granted
The appeal was denied for left lower extremity radiculopathy/sciatica and remanded for low back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy/sciatica, left hip disability, right hip disability, and respiratory disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back strain, left lower extremity radiculopathy/sciatica, and right lower extremity radiculopathy/sciatica due to a lack of evidence showing a nexus between these conditions and his active duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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