The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for tardive dyskinesia is denied. A separate 10 percent disability rating for slowed speech due to tardive dyskinesia is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has been assigned the maximum schedular rating for tardive dyskinesia, and a separate rating for slowed speech is warranted by analogy using Diagnostic Code 8210.
- Claimed conditions
- tardive dyskinesia, slowed speech
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2026
- Citation
- A26004440
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