The Veteran requested to withdraw all issues on appeal, including service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left lower legs.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a request to withdraw all issues on appeal in December 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy of the right lower leg, radiculopathy of the left lower leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001475
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities is granted as secondary to his service-connected lateral left malleolus; left calcaneus arthritis, effective from December 9, 2021.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, back disability, radiculopathy of the lower legs, and tinnitus, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. As such, TDIU is granted.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied service connection for tinea pedis and dismissed the claim of service connection for sleep apnea. The claims of service connection for erectile dysfunction, bilateral hands disability, and radiculopathy of the right lower leg are all remanded.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board making a decision.
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