The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various service-connected conditions, except for a separate 30% rating for Parkinson's disease with right upper extremity tremor and a separate 20% rating for right lower extremity tremor.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an earlier effective date or higher ratings based on the current state of the veteran's conditions as of April 6, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease with left upper extremity tremor, muscle rigidity, stiffness, and bradykinesia, left lower extremity tremor, muscle rigidity, stiffness, and bradykinesia due to Parkinson's disease, balance impairment, loss of sense of smell, right side chewing and swallowing difficulty, left side chewing and swallowing difficulty, right side loss of automatic movements, left side loss of automatic movements, right side stooped posture, left side stooped posture, constipation, obstructive pulmonary disease, tonic clonic epilepsy, decreased best corrected visual acuity, Brocca's speech aphasia, voiding dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25028451
What this means for you
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