The Veteran's claims for service connection for Parkinson's disease, bladder cancer, and scars have been granted with effective dates of June 29, 2023. A separate rating of at least 10 percent is granted for a painful scar from this date. From June 29, 2023, the Veteran is also granted a 100 percent rating for loss of use of both feet associated with Parkinson's disease.
The deciding factor: The effective dates were determined based on the earliest submission of a complete claim for benefits, which was the June 29, 2023 supplemental claim. The claims for service connection arose as of this date and are granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease, bladder cancer, scars
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 28, 2024
- Citation
- A24050850
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the (o) rate and SMC at the (r)(2) rate, effective January 19, 2025. The decision finds that the Veteran's service-connected conditions warrant these awards due to his need for aid and attendance.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder (other specified trauma and stressor related disorder and PTSD), and Parkinson's disease. The conditions are presumed to be due to exposure in service.,Service connection is established for all four claimed conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including Parkinson's disease and related disabilities of the upper and lower extremities, have caused loss of use in both hands and need for aid and attendance due to his lower extremity disability, kidney disease, and neurogenic bladder. The Board has granted SMC based on these findings.
- Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of April 14, 1972 for the award of service connection for scars and denied a compensable disability rating.
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