The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating of 50 percent, but no higher, for poliomyelitis is granted. The effective date for the award of service connection for poliomyelitis is set at March 20, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's poliomyelitis manifested as paralysis of the soft palate with swallowing difficulty throughout the appeal period and warranted a 50 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 8011-6521. The effective date for service connection was set at March 20, 2013, based on his formal petition to reopen his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- poliomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19142845
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-polio syndrome, finding that there was no evidence of aggravation beyond natural progression and that the condition was not incurred during or related to active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen a claim of service connection for polio, as new and material evidence was not provided.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the July 1953 rating decision denying service connection for poliomyelitis was clearly and unmistakably erroneous due to a failure to apply a regulatory provision creating a presumption of service connection.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's poliomyelitis was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
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