The Veteran requested to withdraw their appeal for an earlier effective date of September 19, 2013 for the award of service connection for arthrodesis with spondylosis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew their appeal before a decision was made by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- arthrodesis with spondylosis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20024645
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 remands the claim for an earlier effective date for a 40 percent rating for spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Veteran's initial ratings for spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy have been denied.,The Board found that during the entire initial rating period on appeal, from April 9, 2013, to January 4, 2015, the service-connected conditions did not meet or more nearly approximate the criteria for higher disability ratings.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, erectile dysfunction as secondary to a back disorder, and hypogonadism as secondary to a back disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine was initially rated as 20 percent disabling prior to December 21, 2005. The rating was increased to 40 percent effective December 21, 2005.
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