Dismissed
The appeal for increased evaluations of the Veteran's right knee disabilities and service connection for a right shoulder condition was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election in the review process.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed as it constituted an impermissible concurrent election, violating claims processing rules.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis and joint disease, bursitis, tendonitis, infraspinatus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089882
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