The Board granted a rating of 20 percent for weakness in the left hand, right lower extremity, and left lower extremity due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
The deciding factor: Based on the severity of the symptoms as described by the VA examiner, the Board found that a 20 percent rating was appropriate under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- weakness, left hand, weakness, right lower extremity, weakness, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25046829
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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