The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including right upper extremity bradykinesia and tremors, with an effective date of January 6, 2021. The claim for a higher rating for neurocognitive disorder was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of service connection for certain conditions but not for others within the one-year look-back period from the Veteran's intent to file in January 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity bradykinesia, tremors, stiffness and muscle rigidity, radial nerve, right lower extremity balance impairment, tremors, muscle rigidity, stiffness, and bradykinesia, left lower extremity balance impairment, tremors, muscle rigidity, stiffness and bradykinesia, sciatic nerve, speech changes, tenth cranial nerve, right, speech changes, tenth cranial nerve, left, stooped posture, eleventh cranial nerve, right, stooped posture, eleventh cranial nerve, left, constipation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25056070
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 828 · Granted: 42% (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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