The appeal for service connection of cervical spine degenerative arthritis with IVDS was dismissed due to a claims processing defect.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit the claim on the proper form, leading to a dismissal based on procedural errors.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006723
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 22% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his cervical spine condition has been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran during the pendency of the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 5, 2014, for the award of service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis with IVDS.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis with IVDS, to include as secondary to service-connected thoracolumbar spine and left shoulder disabilities, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection of cervical spine degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) was granted. The Board found that the condition is due to a motor vehicle accident during service.
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