Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date than February 1, 2020, for the grant of a 40 percent disability rating for lumbosacral spinal stenosis with facet hypertrophy and degenerative disc disease was dismissed because it is considered a purely ministerial implementation of a Board decision.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed as the September 2024 rating decision was deemed a purely ministerial implementation of the Board's earlier decision, which cannot be appealed to the Board under current regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spinal stenosis with facet hypertrophy and degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097867
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