The Veteran withdrew the appeal regarding severance of service connection for right and left lower sciatic radiculopathy and an increased rating for lumbosacral DDD during a hearing, and these issues are dismissed.
The deciding factor: The withdrawal was explicit, unambiguous, and done with a full understanding of the consequences by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower sciatic radiculopathy, left lower sciatic radiculopathy, lumbosacral degenerative disc disease (DDD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039935
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right lower sciatic radiculopathy with an effective date of May 12, 2009.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for lumbosacral strain, lumbosacral degenerative disc and joint disease and L3-L4 central spinal canal narrowing, left lower femoral radiculopathy, left lower sciatic radiculopathy, and right lower sciatic radiculopathy due to inconsistencies in the VA examination reports.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for lumbosacral DDD and LLE femoral radiculopathy are remanded due to the need for additional examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is granted a TDIU and DEA benefits effective March 7, 2012. The Board finds the earlier effective dates for these benefits are not warranted due to lack of evidence showing he was unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment prior to that date.
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