The Board has granted an effective date of April 16, 2018 for the award of service connection for cognitive impairment due to Parkinson's disease and SMC based on housebound criteria. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities meet the requirements for SMC at the housebound rate as of that date.
The deciding factor: The effective date was assigned based on the date of receipt of a formal claim for service connection, which is April 16, 2018, and the date when the Veteran’s cognitive impairment due to Parkinson's disease became rated at 100% disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- cognitive impairment due to Parkinson’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- A19000514
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What this means for you
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