The Veteran is granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, which he claims was caused by herbicide agent exposure in Vietnam. The Board found that the evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran has Parkinson’s disease and awarded service connection based on the presumption of exposure.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted due to the Veteran's presumed exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam, which established a link between herbicide agent exposure and Parkinsonism/Parkinson’s disease under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease, Parkinsonism
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18103445
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