The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates of service connection for Wilson's disease and its associated symptoms, finding that the March 18, 2014 claim was not a petition to reopen an existing claim but rather a new claim. The effective date assigned in the August 2022 rating decision is therefore March 18, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's March 18, 2014 claim was not a petition to reopen an existing claim but rather a new claim for service connection. Therefore, the effective date assigned in the August 2022 rating decision is March 18, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- Wilson's disease, eye twitching, right upper extremity weakness and tremors, left upper extremity weakness and tremors, right lower extremity weakness and tremors, left lower extremity weakness and tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24078725
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- Granted
The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for the Veteran's cirrhosis of the liver with portal hypertension, Wilson's disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, and pancreatitis based on a history of one episode of hemorrhage from portal gastropathy.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Wilson's disease and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Denied
The Veteran's initial ratings for Parkinson’s disease, left upper extremity weakness and tremors, right lower extremity weakness, tremors, and impaired balance, difficulty chewing or swallowing, loss of sense of smell, and adjustment disorder with depressed mood have been denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Wilson's disease as there is no current diagnosis of the condition.
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