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The July 9, 2025, Board of Veterans' Appeals decision that remanded the issue of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent prior to April 4, 2017, for service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome is…

January 30, 2026Citation Nr. 26001430Docket 12-32 620va.gov source

  • Disability rating in excess of 10 percent prior to April 4, 2017, for service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS)Remanded
DecisionAnalysis

Board reasoning

The Board vacated the July 9, 2025 remand order because it improperly created more than one adjudication on appeal for the same claim, violating the Veteran’s right to one review. It notes that the March 13, 2025 decision resolved the issue and that subsequent remand orders were invalid for this reason, justifying vacatur. The Board emphasizes that only the March 13, 2025 decision should have governed the matter to avoid multiple adjudications.

Issues

  • Disability rating in excess of 10 percent prior to April 4, 2017, for service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS)Remanded

Authorities

  • Hickson v. Shinseki, 23 Vet. App. 394Cited for the rule against multiple adjudications on appeal

Extracted with gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07. Citations are kept only when they appear in the decision text.