The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease with balance impairment, right and left upper extremity rigidity, tremors, and bradykinesia associated with Parkinson's disease, right and left lower extremity rigidity, tremors, and bradykinesia associated with Parkinson's disease, unspecified depressive disorder with major neurocognitive disorder associated with Parkinson's disease, speech changes associated with Parkinson's disease, right side stooped posture associated with Parkinson's disease, left side stooped posture associated with Parkinson's disease, partial loss of smell associated with Parkinson's disease, difficulty of chewing of right and left sides associated with Parkinson's disease, and constipation associated with Parkinson's disease have all been granted. The effective dates for these awards are March 26, 2012.,SMC based on the need of regular aid and attendance has also been granted.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the Veteran's service records and medical evidence showing his symptoms related to Parkinson's disease. The effective dates are set at March 26, 2012, which is when he filed his initial claims for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease with balance impairment, right upper extremity rigidity, tremors, and bradykinesia associated with Parkinson's disease, left upper extremity rigidity, tremors, and bradykinesia associated with Parkinson's disease, right lower extremity rigidity, tremors, and bradykinesia associated with Parkinson's disease, left lower extremity rigidity, tremors, and bradykinesia associated with Parkinson's disease, unspecified depressive disorder with major neurocognitive disorder associated with Parkinson's disease, speech changes associated with Parkinson's disease, right side stooped posture associated with Parkinson's disease, left side stooped posture associated with Parkinson's disease, partial loss of smell associated with Parkinson's disease, difficulty of chewing of right side associated with Parkinson's disease, difficulty of chewing of left side associated with Parkinson's disease, constipation associated with Parkinson's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2022
- Citation
- A22021332
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