The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease, dementia, a psychiatric disorder other than dementia including PTSD and depression, and a back disorder due to herbicide exposure in Thailand. The Veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection as his conditions are not related to his military service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions found no evidence of herbicide exposure during service that would support a grant of service connection, and the Veteran's claims were denied based on lack of in-service disease or injury and failure to establish continuity of symptomatology after discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease, dementia, psychiatric disorder other than dementia (including PTSD and depression), back disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20069411
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 25, 2016 for the award of service connection for Parkinson's disease.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during or is otherwise related to active service.
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