The Veteran is granted an effective date of March 19, 2013, for the grant of service connection for Parkinson's disease and related tremors under Nehmer. The Veteran is also granted an effective date of September 27, 2019, for special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s).
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran had symptoms of Parkinson's disease at the time he filed his March 19, 2013, claim and is entitled to an earlier effective date for service connection for Parkinson's disease with related tremors under Nehmer. The Veteran meets the criteria for entitlement to SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) effective September 27, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease with related tremors
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050467
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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