The Board granted separate ratings for Parkinson's disease, including a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8004, and a 100 percent rating for dementia as secondary to the service-connected condition. The Veteran also received separate ratings for voiding dysfunction, upper and lower extremity impairments, and incomplete loss of smell, all as secondary to Parkinson's disease.

The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran had significant neurological manifestations associated with his service-connected Parkinson's disease, warranting higher ratings for these conditions.

Claimed conditions

Parkinson's disease, dementia, voiding dysfunction, left upper extremity impairment, right upper extremity impairment, left lower extremity impairment, right lower extremity impairment, incomplete loss of smell

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

100%

Decision date

February 24, 2025

Citation

A25016283

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