Partly granted
The Board denied a higher initial disability rating for right upper extremity paralysis associated with Parkinson's disease but granted service connection for insomnia disorder as secondary to the service-connected Parkinson's disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of severe incomplete paralysis of the radial nerve, while it supported that the Veteran's insomnia was caused or worsened by his service-connected Parkinson's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity tremors, muscle rigidity, stiffness, and bradykinesia (right upper extremity paralysis) associated with Parkinson's disease, insomnia disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084709
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