Dismissed
The appeal for a higher disability rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with hyperlordosis was dismissed due to failure to properly identify the specific decision and issue on appeal.
The deciding factor: The May 2021 Notice of Disagreement did not adequately identify the October 2020 or March 2021 rating decisions as the ones being appealed, failing to meet the requirements for a proper NOD.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with hyperlordosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089325
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