Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of service-connected bilateral hearing loss and bilateral lower extremities radiculopathy disabilities due to untimely filings or concurrent elections.
The deciding factor: The August 2025 VA Form 10182 was filed untimely, and concurrent elections were not allowed.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Left Lower Extremity (LLE) Radiculopathy, Right Lower Extremity (RLE) Radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097198
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