The Board dismissed the appeals for entitlement to a rating more than 40 percent disabling for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, and for a rating more than 20 percent disabling for right lower extremity radicopathy, sciatic.
The deciding factor: The dismissal was due to an improper concurrent election of multiple review options by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098527
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 696 · Granted: 63% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the grant of a 40 percent rating for lumbar strain, and service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy are being remanded due to procedural errors.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings in excess of the assigned evaluations for various lower extremity radiculopathies and a lumbar spine disability have been dismissed due to her withdrawal of those issues at her hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for headaches, painful surgical scar, left chest, hypertension, left elbow degenerative joint disease, and lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome due to incomplete VA treatment records.,No effective date earlier than specified dates was granted as there is no probative evidence showing the conditions had their onset during service or are otherwise related to service.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic, and right lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral. The Veteran's claims are also granted for a 60 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic.
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