Dismissed
The appeal of entitlement to service connection for back pain was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.
The deciding factor: The concurrent election of review options under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) is prohibited, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093646
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