The Veteran’s appeals for increased ratings and special monthly compensation were denied. The Board found that the Veteran's Parkinson's disease, sexual dysfunction, loss of automatic facial movements, sleep disturbances, and voiding dysfunction are not rated higher than their current levels due to lack of evidence supporting higher ratings or compensable residuals.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding of moderate incomplete impairment of the seventh cranial nerve for loss of automatic facial movements; nor did it support an increased rating for sleep disturbances, as they were characterized as infrequent. The Veteran's voiding dysfunction was rated under the predominant area of dysfunction and found to be in line with his current ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease, sexual dysfunction as secondary to Parkinson's disease, loss of automatic facial movements as secondary to Parkinson's disease, sleep disturbances as secondary to Parkinson's disease, voiding dysfunction as secondary to Parkinson's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19190003
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking entitlement to service connection for Parkinson's disease was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, which is presumed to have been incurred in active service due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 25, 2016 for the award of service connection for Parkinson's disease.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during or is otherwise related to active service.
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