The appeal regarding the Veteran's entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for sciatic radiculopathy, left lower extremity, is dismissed due to a modified Notice of Disagreement.
The deciding factor: The issue was found to be moot as it had already been addressed under a different docket number initiated by the modified NOD.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic radiculopathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097190
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 766 · 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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings and TDIU have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU and DEA benefits effective July 5, 2017. The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable since January 31, 2016.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for sciatic radiculopathy in both lower extremities, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for sciatic radiculopathy in the left and right lower extremities from April 16, 2020, but denied earlier effective dates and higher ratings prior to that date.
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