Dismissed
The appeal for service connection and initial rating for various disabilities was dismissed due to improper concurrent election of multiple review options.
The deciding factor: The issues were dismissed as the Veteran selected improper concurrent election of multiple review options, which is prohibited under the modernized review system.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disability, left hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right lower extremity sciatic pain, left lower extremity sciatic pain, bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia, and hallux valgus, right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020578
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