The Board has determined that the effective dates for the grants of service connection for Parkinson's disease with balance impairment and high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of the bladder and prostate requiring urostomy and radical prostatectomy should be set at December 4, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran filed his initial claims on December 4, 2012, for Parkinson's disease with balance impairment and high grade pleomorphic sarcoma of the bladder and prostate requiring urostomy and radical prostatectomy. The Board found that the conditions were present at that time and granted service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease with balance impairment, High grade pleomorphic sarcoma of the bladder and prostate requiring urostomy and radical prostatectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2015
- Citation
- 1533319
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection and granted a separate 30 percent rating for Parkinson's disease, but denied higher ratings for various conditions.
- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates, as well as remanded several issues related to Parkinson's disease and associated conditions.
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