The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of cerebral degeneration secondary to malaria was granted, with the effective date set at July 14, 2003. The rating assigned is a 100% disability rating.
The deciding factor: The January 2018 rating decision found clear and unmistakable error in the November 2013 rating decision that established an earlier effective date of February 3, 2005 for cerebral degeneration secondary to malaria. The RO determined that the July 14, 2003 NOD was an informal claim for service connection for cerebral degeneration.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral degeneration of all extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20069447
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.
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