The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding higher ratings for degenerative lumbar spine disease, radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, and radiculopathy in the left lower extremity. The appeal for TDIU was also dismissed.
The deciding factor: The appellant submitted a VA Form 20-0996 requesting AMA review of the claims on appeal, effectively withdrawing them from the legacy system.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative lumbar spine disease, Radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, Radiculopathy in the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24000451
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings, finding that a rating higher than 20 percent was not warranted prior to October 11, 2021 and that a rating higher than 40 percent has been unwarranted since then.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for an initial rating more than 10 percent for degenerative lumbar spine disease, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy. The TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the other issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims of higher initial disability ratings for PTSD and radiculopathy in the left lower extremity are being remanded due to new evidence received since the October 2018 SOC.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for higher initial disability ratings for degenerative arthritis in the lumbar spine and radiculopathy in the left lower extremity have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeals.
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