Parkinson's disease decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's disease and bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his in-service toxic exposure risk activity.

The Board granted a separate 30 percent rating for Parkinson's disease.

The Board granted service connection for Parkinsonism, as due to herbicide agent exposure, based on the Veteran's in-service exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, Parkinson's disease, and hypertension to obtain a medical opinion pursuant to the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act of 2022 (PACT Act).

The Board remands the claim for service connection for Parkinson's disease to ensure a fully adequate medical examination and opinion regarding all symptoms of Parkinsonism, given the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for a left ankle disability, service connection for a right ankle condition, and service connection for prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, and Parkinson's disease. The claims were also remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, finding that the Veteran's condition is etiologically related to his in-service toxic exposure.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for Parkinson's disease and the Veteran's cause of death, as there was no evidence to support in-service exposure to herbicide agents or a direct link between the conditions and military service.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for left upper extremity tremor, muscle rigidity, stiffness, balance impairment, and bradykinesia and major neurocognitive disorder with depressive disorder and anxiety disorder. The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for Parkinson's disease with urinary incontinence.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and an earlier effective date was denied, while the appeal for TDIU was granted. Several service connection appeals were dismissed.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for stooped posture, a 70 percent rating for depressive disorder with mixed anxiety and sleep disturbances, and denied a compensable rating for Parkinson's disease which is separate from the essential tremor with bradykinesia rigidity, right upper extremity.

The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, finding it to be etiologically related to the Veteran's presumed exposure to burn pits and other toxins during service in Iraq.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for prostate cancer, Parkinson's disease, and basal cell carcinoma on the basis of substitution due to a need for additional development.

The Board granted effective dates of June 17, 2016, for service connection of tremors, difficulty swallowing, stooped posture, TD, and a mental disorder.

The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, including as secondary to right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, based on the Veteran's herbicide agent exposure during his Korea service.

The Board granted service connection for Lewy body disease (claimed as Parkinson's disease) due to the Veteran's presumed in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for some service-connected conditions but denied others, with the earliest effective date being September 29, 2016.

The Board denied service connection for early-onset peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities on a presumptive basis, but granted secondary service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an increased 10 percent rating for atrial flutter.,The Board remanded several issues including service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, Parkinson's disease, peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities (both direct and secondary), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, coronary artery disease with implanted cardiac pacemaker, PTSD, hypertension, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims.

The Board denied entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent and 50 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, unspecified anxiety disorder with cognitive impairment from Parkinson's.