The Veteran's appeals for service connection and ratings related to various disabilities have been dismissed. The Board has also remanded the claim of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal with respect to all issues except TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine arthritis, degenerative joint disease of the left hand, degenerative joint disease of the right hand, right shoulder strain, degenerative joint disease of the left wrist, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, degenerative joint disease of the left hip based on limitation of extension, compensable rating for degenerative joint disease of the left hip based on limitation of flexion, degenerative joint disease of the right hip with limited flexion, degenerative joint disease of the left hip based on limitation of rotation, patellar chondromalacia with tendonitis of the left knee, patellar chondromalacia with tendonitis of the right knee, degenerative joint disease of the left ankle prior to August 19, 2013, degenerative joint disease of the right ankle, initial rating in excess of 10 percent prior to August 19, 2013, and in excess of 20 percent from that date for left lower extremity radiculopathy, residuals of left acromioclavicular separation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19102868
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,797 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine arthritis is aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right shoulder strain as there is no evidence of a chronic condition in service or within one year after discharge, and the medical opinion found that his current condition is not related to his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's low back disability was rated at 40% prior to September 28, 2018. From that date, the rating was increased to 50%. The earlier effective date for TDIU is denied.
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