The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates are dismissed as the rating decisions awarding his service-connected disabilities became final.
The deciding factor: The rating decisions were final due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeal in March 2017, which effectively dismissed his freestanding earlier effective date claims.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spinal stenosis status post spinal fusion with degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve associated with lumbar disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve associated with lumbar disability, lumbar spine scar, lumbar painful scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24063193
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for a higher rating, compensable rating, and extension of temporary total evaluation for his lumbar spine disability have been dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing all claims in April 2022.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a TDIU has been dismissed as the issue was fully granted through the appeal period.,The criteria for an increased rating for his lumbar spine disability in excess of 40 percent prior to August 16, 2019, and in excess of 50 percent thereafter are not met. The Veteran does not have unfavorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine.,The Veteran's lumbar spine scar is rated as noncompensable under Diagnostic Code (DC) 7805 due to its small size.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions, granted a 20 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy, and remanded other issues.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for the Veteran's low back disability, granted a 20 percent rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy beginning May 11, 2011, and denied a compensable rating for a lumbar spine scar associated with the service-connected low back disability.
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