The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim of service connection for Parkinson's Disease due to insufficient information regarding whether his condition is related to handling TCE while serving as a sonar technician aboard Navy ships during military service. The case will be returned to the RO for obtaining additional treatment records and for having another VA examiner review the claims files.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was not enough information in the current medical opinions to determine whether the Veteran's Parkinson's Disease is related to his exposure to TCE while serving as a sonar technician aboard Navy ships during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2011
- Citation
- 1134129
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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