The Board denied service connection for right lower and upper extremity hemiparesis as there is no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: There was no competent evidence showing the Veteran has a diagnosis of right-sided upper or lower extremity hemiparesis, and thus direct service connection is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity hemiparesis, right upper extremity hemiparesis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039594
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Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected right upper and lower extremity disabilities have resulted in loss of use, warranting SMC at the (m) rate.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted TDIU from March 6, 2017 to March 19, 2021 due to service-connected disabilities. He is also granted SMC based on aid and attendance.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for right lower extremity hemiparesis and SMC based on loss of use of his right lower extremity due to hemiparesis. The issues are being remanded because there is insufficient evidence regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disability, stroke, right lower and upper extremity hemiparesis, and speech disability are all denied as there is no evidence of current disabilities or that they are related to his military service.
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