The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for left upper extremity tremor, muscle rigidity, stiffness, balance impairment, and bradykinesia and major neurocognitive disorder with depressive disorder and anxiety disorder. The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for Parkinson's disease with urinary incontinence.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing that the Veteran met the criteria for service connection for these conditions, but not for an increased rating for Parkinson's disease with urinary incontinence.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity tremor, muscle rigidity, stiffness, balance impairment, and bradykinesia, major neurocognitive disorder with depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, Parkinson's disease with urinary incontinence, constipation, loss of left side automatic movements, right side loss of automatic movements, left side speech changes, right side speech changes, left side stooped posture, right side stooped posture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25040865
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for earlier effective dates and increased ratings has been withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal.
- Denied
The Veteran's disability picture, primarily due to Parkinson's disease and related manifestations, does not meet the criteria for SMC at the statutory housebound level as his other disabilities do not yield a combined rating of 60 percent.
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