The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates have been denied. The effective date for the grants of service connection for dizziness and vertigo, dysarthria, right upper extremity weakness, and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and weakness has been set at September 16, 2008.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's symptoms have raised to a level higher than 10 percent for dysarthria (residual of stroke).
- Claimed conditions
- dizziness and vertigo, dysarthria (residual of stroke), right upper extremity weakness (residual of stroke), right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and weakness (residual of stroke)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20020067
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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