The Veteran is denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than March 8, 2016 for the assignment of a 100 percent disability rating for hypertensive heart disease with ischemic heart disease.,The Veteran is denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than March 10, 2016 for the assignment of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder.,The Veteran is denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than March 8, 2016 for the assignment of a 30 percent disability rating for balance impairment and shuffling gait as a residual of Parkinson's disease.,Service connection for dysphagia, as a residual of Parkinson's disease, was granted with an effective date of December 18, 2012.,The Veteran is denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than March 8, 2016 for service connection for chronic constipation, as a residual of Parkinson's disease.
The deciding factor: There was no factually ascertainable increase in the Veteran’s hypertensive heart disease with ischemic heart disease prior to the date of examination.,The Veteran did not file a claim seeking an increased rating of his service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder.,The evidence does not demonstrate that a factually ascertainable increase in disability occurred during the one-year period preceding the date that entitlement arose for the assignment of a 30 percent disability rating for balance impairment and shuffling gait, as a residual of Parkinson’s disease.,For the period on appeal from December 18, 2012 to March 8, 2016, service connection was established for dysphagia, as a residual of Parkinson's disease.,The Veteran did not file a claim for service connection for chronic constipation, as a residual of Parkinson’s disease prior to March 8, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertensive Heart Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Major Depressive Disorder, Balance Impairment and Shuffling Gait as a Residual of Parkinson's Disease, Dysphagia, as a Residual of Parkinson's Disease, Chronic Constipation, as a Residual of Parkinson's Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185726
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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