The Board dismissed the claims for increased ratings and denied a compensable rating for right shoulder scars, while remanding several other issues including service connection for a right hand disorder.
The deciding factor: The claims were dismissed due to lack of timely submission within one year of the initial decision. For the right shoulder, the evidence did not support an increase in disability rating based on the current range of motion and pain symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spondylosis, ankylosis of the right wrist, right knee traumatic arthritis with patellofemoral pain syndrome, right shoulder injury residuals, right shoulder scars, lumbar spondylosis and limited motion, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, right hand disorder, traumatic arthritis with patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee and shin splints, left lower extremity, shin splint, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094625
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 916 · Granted: 40% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, right hand disorder, and right hip disorder are granted. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD is denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for various conditions and ratings have been dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing from appellate consideration in December 2025.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims and rating determinations due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for low back disability and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities due to a failure to provide adequate reasons or bases in the November 2024 decision as to whether the pre-decisional duty to assist had been satisfied.
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