The Veteran's unspecified neurocognitive disorder, claimed as memory loss, is granted service connection secondary to PTSD. An initial rating of 10 percent for the loss of sense of smell is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a finding that the Veteran’s cognitive disorder is proximately due to his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified neurocognitive disorder, Loss of sense of smell
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20067488
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,772 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a neurocognitive disorder, to include unspecified neurocognitive disorder and early onset Alzheimer's disease, due to insufficient evidence in the December 2023 VA examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for loss of sense of smell due to new and relevant evidence, but remanded it for further development.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 30, 2014, for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder and several other conditions related to Parkinson's disease.
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