The issues of service connection for right lower extremity sciatica and left lower extremity sciatica have been dismissed as the Veteran did not appeal the rating or effective date assigned to these conditions.,The application to reopen a claim of service connection for hearing loss has been granted, but the issue remains on remand.
The deciding factor: The RO denied service connection for right lower extremity sciatica and left lower extremity sciatica in an August 2020 rating decision. The Veteran did not appeal this decision.,New evidence received since July 2006 has raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims of service connection for hearing loss and a right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- service connection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20072439
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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