The Veteran's claims for Parkinsonism, Lewy body dementia, and depressive disorder have been denied as these conditions are not presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of the claimed conditions in service or within one year post-service, and medical opinions do not support a link between the conditions and herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinsonism, Cognitive Disorder, Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20009797
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