The VA has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the appellant's speech dysfunction associated with multiple sclerosis, effective September 11, 2000.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the appellant's speech dysfunction is manifested by slowed speech and word finding difficulty, but her speech remains essentially 100% intelligible without slurring. The impairment more closely approximates a condition with organic changes than complete paralysis.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0635963
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