The appeal of the proposed reduction of the disability evaluation for low back degenerative arthritis from 40 percent to 10 percent was dismissed because it was a notice of a future determination and not an adjudicative determination.
The deciding factor: The proposed reduction did not constitute an appealable adjudicative action as it was merely a notice of a future determination.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106537
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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The Veteran meets the schedular percentage requirements for a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities, which prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for aggravation of the low back arthritis by the service-connected left hip disability. The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent, and his residuals of a gunshot wound of the left hip are rated at 40 percent.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected low back degenerative arthritis is currently rated at 40 percent effective July 30, 2014.
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