Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a claims processing error of erroneous docketing.
The deciding factor: There was no adjudicative determination from which a notice of disagreement may be filed regarding the proposed rating reduction, and there was no decision on the lumbar spine disorder within the one-year period preceding the filing of the VA Form 10182.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy, lumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25101337
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