The Board has remanded the claims for Parkinson’s disease and cervical dystonia due to insufficient opinions regarding service connection based on presumed exposure to herbicides during active duty.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions were deemed insufficient as they did not address or provide a rationale connecting the Veteran's conditions to his presumed herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson’s disease, cervical dystonia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18142949
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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